She had been home in Camp-Perrin, on the outskirts of Les Cayes, when she felt her whole house jolt. Taking a break from tending to the injured, Dr. Destine, the orthopedic surgeon, was trying to get his own father, also a surgeon, to the United States for treatment. Dr. Destine said he expected thousands of people to get potentially deadly infections unless proper supplies were delivered in time. The prospect of malnutrition, too, was likely to exacerbate the natural disaster for an already impoverished and hungry population, he said. Constant Méheut contributed reporting from Paris, and Alexandra E. Petri from New York.

Source: International New York Times August 15, 2021 22:41 UTC