(Ha'aretz) Anshel Pfeffer and Barak Ravid - The Israel Defense Forces' aid mission to Haiti left Israel Thursday with equipment for setting up an emergency field hospital. Around 220 soldiers and officers are in the delegation, including 120 medical staff who will operate the hospital in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The mission includes 40 doctors, 20 paramedics and 24 nurses, as well as medics and medical technicians. A third of the delegation is made up of reservists who were called up especially for the mission.
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