Gamulin A, Villiger Y, Hagon O
Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur, Département de chirurgie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Rev Med Suisse. 2010 May 12;6(248):973-7.
On January 12th, 2010, an earthquake of a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale striked the southwest of Haiti, including the capital Port-au-Prince, and provoked immense human and material damages. Estimated number of victims is 300000 wounded, 230000 dead and 1000000 homeless. This disaster generated at once an immense and urgent need for sanitary resources. In this context, an emergency medical humanitarian mission was engaged by the Swiss Confederation (humanitarian aid depending on the Development and Cooperation Direction); this article describes this emergency mission, its progress, the committed staff and means, and the type of treated patients.
2010年1月12日，里氏7.0级地震袭击了海地西南部，包括首都太子港，造成了巨大的人员伤亡和财产损失。据估计，受伤人数达30万，死亡人数23万，100万人无家可归。这场灾难立刻引发了对卫生资源的巨大迫切需求。在此背景下，瑞士联邦发起了一项紧急医疗人道主义任务（人道主义援助由发展与合作司负责）；本文描述了这项紧急任务、其进展情况、参与的人员和资源，以及所治疗患者的类型。
