Hospitals Awash With Supplies But Struggle To Pay Staff

In the months following the January 12 earthquake, donated medical equipment and supplies were shipped into Haiti by the container-full, overwhelming hospitals across this disaster-ravaged nation. Much of it will never get used, and even worse, the unopened boxes sometimes obstruct doctors from locating supplies they actually need to treat patients.

But organizations seem unwilling to donate the one thing Haitian hospitals say they desperately need: Money that can be spent at their discretion, for things like salaries, fuel for the generator, and oxygen.

Read the rest of the story by Sarah Ryley here.  Image below of donated supplies at Hopital Adventiste by Tamara Fitzpatrick.