An eight-member medical team of Singapore will arrive in the earthquake-torn Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, local media reported.

The team, which comprises two doctors, three nurses and three disaster-relief workers, was assembled under 24 hours by local non- profit organization City Care, local newspaper the Straits Times reported.

The team will bring medical supplies to the disaster zone in Haiti, and join their colleagues from countries such as China, Israel, Russia and the United States.

The report also said that a second Singapore medical team is now being assembled and will leave for Haiti soon.

The Singapore government has earlier made a contribution of US$50, 000 in support of the international community's humanitarian relief efforts for earthquake-hit Haiti.

(Xinhua News Agency January 19, 2010)