DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CARGO PLANE WITH FULL HOSPITAL AND STAFF BLOCKED FROM LANDING IN PORT-AU-PRINCE

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CARGO PLANE WITH FULL HOSPITAL AND STAFF BLOCKED FROM LANDING IN PORT-AU-PRINCE

Demands Deployment of Lifesaving Medical Equipment Given Priority

Port-au-Prince/Paris /New York, 17 January 2009 -- Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations. Priority must be given immediately to planes carrying lifesaving equipment and medical personnel. More...