Chinese Doctors Assist Homeless at Haitian Shelter Camp
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The delegate of Haiti's Health Department Roc Magloire (R) talks with the leader of Chinese medical team Liu Wendou during his visit at the clinic set up by the Chinese medical team in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on February 3, 2010. Roc Magloire gave high marks to the Chinese medical team in Haiti during his visit to the clinic on Wednesday. [Xinhua]
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The delegate of Haiti's Health Department Roc Magloire visits at the clinic set up by the Chinese medical team in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on February 3, 2010. Roc Magloire gave high marks to the Chinese medical team in Haiti during his visit to the clinic on Wednesday. [Xinhua]
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A 40-strong Chinese medical team is aiding Haitians made homeless in last month's major earthquake at one of Haiti's biggest shelter camps. The team was supplying care for Haitians at a medical tent set up at Mays Gate, a public park that has become an emergency shelter for 15,000 people.
The team offered four medical specialities in two shifts at the site, the second base for the team since they arrived 10 days ago. The doctors replaced a military search and rescue team that had recovered bodies from the headquarters of the UN mission in Haiti.
"The trauma in the quake are similar to those seen in (China's) Sichuan," said Senior Colonel Liu Wendou, who heads the team that had served in the Sichuan earthquake in May 2008.
"They tend to have serious physical injures, anxiety and nervousness because of the quake," Liu said, adding that many Haitians also suffer malnutrition and chronic diseases due to poverty.