A day after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake killed an estimated 1,300 people in western Haiti, the country, already suffering from a dire lack of doctors, struggled to help the many wounded.
Author: MARIA ABI-HABIB
A powerful earthquake violently shakes Haiti. Hundreds are dead.
A magnitude 7.2 quake struck in the west of the country, flattening buildings and overwhelming hospitals.
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