Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

LEOGANE, Haiti - Members of Japan's emergency relief medical team tend to a wounded quake victim, who later died in spite of treatment, in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Medical staff fought severe shortages in assistance and supplies as they treated gravely injured people who poured into a makeshift clinic a week after the devastating earthquake hit the country.

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

LEOGANE, Haiti - A woman collapses in grief outside a makeshift clinic in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. A Japanese emergency relief medical team treated injured earthquake victims who poured into the clinic but faced limits amidst severe shortages in medical supplies and assistance, a week after the devastating earthquake hit the Caribbean state.

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

LEOGANE, Haiti - Members of Japan's emergency relief medical team tend to an injured child in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Gravely injured people poured into the makeshift clinic where medical staff fought against severe shortages in assistance and supplies, a week after a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean state.

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

Japan medical staff face limits treating Haiti quake victims

LEOGANE, Haiti - A member of Japan's emergency relief medical team tends to an injured woman in Leogane, Haiti, on Jan. 18, 2010. Gravely injured people poured into the makeshift clinic where medical staff fought against severe shortages in assistance and supplies, a week after a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean state.

Japan medical team arrives in Haiti

Japan medical team arrives in Haiti

LEOGANE, Haiti - A member of the Japanese government-led emergency relief medical team steps off a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport plane in Leogane, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The 25-member team will offer assistance in Leogane, 40 kilometers west of the capital of the quake-devastated Caribbean country.