(CNN) Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 1,941 people dead and more than 9,900 injured. That toll is expected to rise, but search and rescue efforts are being hampered by a lack of resources and by heavy rains, which have caused mudslides that blocked roads in the region. At least 75,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in tremors, affecting around 135,000 families, he said, adding that 34 people were rescued from the rubble on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the main hospital in Jeremie, one of the harder hit cities, there were 84 people awaiting treatment at a facility that normally treats ten people in a day, CNN found during a visit on Tuesday.

Source: CNN August 18, 2021 15:31 UTC