Doctors Without Borders Get Delayed

In odd events early this week, local news aggregator LocalSpur reported that a Doctor’s Without Borders cargo plane that was attempting to give aid to Haiti had to be re-directed to the Dominican Republic and was delayed in landing in Haiti.

Once allowed to land, an inflatible surgical hospital, with an intensive care unit and 100 beds, can be assembled almost immediately from all the supplies contained on the plane. Currently only two fully functional medical theaters are operating in the city, making the situation extremely difficult to help all who need it.

In better news for the fund raising efforts in Haiti, MobileCrunch reported that the Red Cross has raised over $10 million dollars in relief aid from the AT&T text messaging campaign.  These funds will go to help pay for the medical expenses, food and shelter for the tens of thousands put out on the streets by the earthquake last week.