Related: Slow Saturday Special: The MSM's Haitian Soap Opera
Sunday Surprise: The Lost Children of Haiti
Show got canceled, huh?
"Paperwork hinders private airlifts of ill Haitian children" by New York Times | February 9, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Private medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian children to the United States for treatment have largely stopped because aid workers, doctors, and government officials are worried about being accused of kidnapping if they transport the patients without first getting paperwork that is slow to arrive or is unavailable.
Before 10 Americans were arrested trying to take children out of Haiti late last month, the largest pediatric field hospital in Haiti was airlifting 15 injured children aboard private flights to the United States each day.
But since the arrests, it has been able to evacuate only three children on private flights, according to Elizabeth Greig, the field hospital’s chief administrative officer, who has been in charge of trying to get the necessary Haitian and US approvals.
At least 10 other children have died or become worse while waiting to be airlifted out of the country, she said. Dozens of children are in critical need of care, and there has been no shortage of American hospitals or pilots willing to take them.
I thought we were there to help.
How come the on-ground aid operation is still in shambles? It's been a month!!
Always ready with an excuse.
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