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22 January 2010

The US Navy begins evacuations by helicopter for earthquake survivors that require the most immediate attention to the USNS Comfort, a navy hospital ship anchored off the coast of Haiti. MINUSTAH

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STORY: HAITI / US NAVY EVACUATIONS
TRT: 1.41
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 21 JANUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE

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Shotlist

1. Wide shot, General Hospital in Port-au-Prince
2. Med shot, hospital sign calling for quiet
3. Wide shot, US navy sailors carrying an injured victim on a stretcher
4. Med shot, sailors load injured into Navy ambulance
5. Med shot, International Medical Corps (IMC) worker writing patient details on a pad
6. Med shot, IMC t-shirt with logo
7. Wide shot, sailors loading the injured in the ambulance
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Robert Norris, International Medical Corps:
"Hopefully we're going to get 100 out today, and hopefully 200 out over the next two days."
9. Wide shot, loading the injured in the ambulance
10. Med shot, opening a military supply truck
11. Med shot, sailor takes out stretchers from the truck
12. Med shot, injured victim in the ambulance
13. Wide shot, injured victim in the ambulance
14. Wide shot, loading victims
15. Med shot, victim being loaded on a stretcher
16. Wide shot, soldiers carrying patients on stretchers into the hospital
17. Wide shot, Navy ambulance leaving for helicopter
18. Wide shot, US Navy helicopter landing on the lawn of the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince
19. Med shot, US Navy helicopter landing
20. Wide shot, collapsed National Palace with spectators at the gates
21. Wide shot, USNS Comfort docked offshore in Port-au-Prince

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Storyline

The United States (US) Navy began evacuations by helicopter on Thursday(21 Jan) for earthquake survivors that required the most immediate attention to the USNS (United States Naval Ship) Comfort, a navy hospital ship anchored off the coast of Haiti.

The US Navy said the majority of injuries are still mostly crushed injuries and fractures. They expect to get over 200 people transported to the floating hospital by the end of Friday.

The capabilities of the ship were enhanced for disaster relief and humanitarian operation from 600 medical personnel to man a 250-bed hospital to 1,000 hospital beds.

The Haitian patients are taken by ambulance to a loading zone, then flown out to the ship, since the port had suffered extensive damage.

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