Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a team of four health experts were sent to the country to carry out an urgent needs assessment at the request of the Government of Haiti on behalf of the UK Government’s Emergency Medical Team....
Paul Ransom, Medical Coordinator for the assessment team on the ground in Haiti, spoke to BBC Radio 4 this morning on the current situation and the work that the team are carrying out....
On Saturday 14th August, a major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti; causing severe damage to infrastructure, including hospitals, at the Northern coast of the Southern peninsula of the country....