Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Children in peril: Aid agencies have largely stopped evacuating severely injured Haitian children to U.S. hospitals for fear of being accused of kidnapping. After 10 American missionaries were arrested last month for transporting 33 children, most of whom turned out not to be orphans, doctors and aid workers have become reluctant to airlift children without official documentation. But with the Haitian government barely functioning in the wake of last month’s devastating earthquake, documentation is hard to obtain. Elizabeth Grieg, head of the largest pediatric field hospital treating survivors, said several children have died waiting to be airlifted. “Everything has slowed down,” said relief pilot Scott Dorfman, “and most pilots are backing out of these medical missions with kids.”
San José, Costa Rica
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