Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care on Tuesday as search and rescue efforts resumed after a tropical storm lashed the Caribbean nation with rain, causing dangerous flooding.
Quake damage to several major hospitals hampered humanitarian efforts, and doctors in makeshift tents outside battled to save the lives of the many injured, including young children and the elderly. But they could not help them all.
"There weren't enough doctors and now she's dead," said Lanette Nuel, sitting listlessly next to her daughter's body outside the main hospital of Les Cayes, one of the towns worst hit by both the tremor and the storm's heavy rains and winds.
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