Haiti Earthquake

• 1/25/2010
• Author: Kristine Miller
• Category: EC News Blog
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A hospital collapsed. That was one of the first news reports I heard about the recent 7.0 Haiti earthquake. A hospital—the one place people depend on and flock to for safety and care during such devastation. A hospital—full of patients already sick or injured, many of whom could not seek their own protection.

Most of the hospitals and health care facilities in the continental U.S. are still standing and hopefully will not face such utter destruction. But there is still the ever-present danger of having our internal systems collapse—of having electricity shut down, plumbing systems fail, medical equipment go awry—whether because of natural or man-made disaster. We must be ever ready.

We extend our sincerest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones, homes, livelihoods, and land in the disastrous earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. We wish you strength and speed in your recovery efforts, and keep you and all the Haitian people in our thoughts and prayers.