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In Colombia, medical staffs scramble to provide care to earthquake survivors as thousands remain missing

In Colombia, medical staffs scramble to provide care to earthquake survivors as thousands remain missingWith more than 84 hospitals in western Colombia reporting damage, the pressure on the health facilities that remain standing is increasing.Listen to this article00:0000:00Patients are evacuated from a hospital after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, on Monday.Santiago Saldarriaga / APAug. 12,…

In Colombia, medical staffs scramble to provide care to earthquake survivors as thousands remain missing

With more than 84 hospitals in western Colombia reporting damage, the pressure on the health facilities that remain standing is increasing.

People in wheelchairs are assisted outside, while others sit in waiting room chairs that have been placed outside
Patients are evacuated from a hospital after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, on Monday.Santiago Saldarriaga / AP

CALI, Colombia — Rescuers are working against the clock to find people who may be buried in the rubble following Monday’s powerful earthquake in western Colombia, which killed at least 241 people and injured thousands. More than 5,000 have been reported missing.

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