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    Posted January 19, 2010 by
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    Haiti earthquake aftermath

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    day4

    By fabiolas  |  Posted January 19, 2010  
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     fabiolas journeyed to Haiti with nine of her cousins to help her family and aid in relief efforts.
    Day 1 - Her parents were in Haiti when the earthquake struck. Her doctor father is the head of the Haitian Medical Association. He turned his home into a makeshift hospital and took in more than 100 people. Here are photos of the destruction at her aunt and uncle's house.
    Day 2 - She and her cousins prepare for the trip to Haiti
    Day 3 - They make it to Port-au-Prince, but supplies and water are quickly running low.
    Day 4 - Crowds of people sleep outside, afraid of crumbling buildings.
    Day 5 - Treatment and relief start to arrive.
    Day 6 - Evacuating critical patients is key.

    Stay tuned to see more updates from fabiolas' relief mission to Haiti.
    - zdan, CNN iReport producer

    day 4 was very slow to begin with. Our main focus was to evacuate the most critical patients. around 11am we got a call that the french established at the "lycee francais" had ORs and supplies. We hurried with the 3 patients we thought needed more help, and little Miguel. They were able to receive them and even air lifted the most critical one to a hospital elsewhere.CDTI, another hospital we went to with american doctors has an overflow of patients, it's unbeleivable what these doctors are doing. Doctors are my new superheroes!!!

     

    We want to thank all the countries that are here to help. I personally saw the french, the americans, a few canadians and some asians. I know everybody is sending help, I am sadden that our government is not doing anything to get structures to get the help fairly distributed. The government here really sucks! they  are not making an effort. THe help is here but can't go anywhere because they are not being directed! That makes me furious!

     

    Tomorrow we have a long day ahead of us. We just got a call for an orphenage, they have 78 injured kids. We are going there to help with the limited amount of supplies we have. Some of us will try to go to the airport to see if we can translate and direct, so that the help can flow a little bit more easier!

     

    I know that what we are doing is probably is drop in the sea, but if we can help one person's life, I think we did something great.

     

    Until tomorrow world...

     

    Anne-Rene

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