Risks of infants following super Typhoon Haiyan

According to the doctors at the hospital the Tacloban, the child was born prematurely in this weak to the point that they could barely cry. 7 babies are located in a small church in cramped and stifling of public hospital, the only operating in the city of Tacloban. The eighth child was born after the storm 2 days.

A woman taking care of her newborn child while waiting to hit the military aircraft at the airport to leave the city of Tacloban.

The ends of the room in a church is a place in the 80 's temporary child infant with water lines interlaced. A series of oxygen and a crib for children located the front altar and the statue of Christ. Pregnant women Mary Jane Tevez, 16 years old and my husband is Meller Balabog luck escaped death when the House collapsed. Then they stuck in the homes of neighbors.

While grappling with the storm, Tevez found abdominal writhing. Fortunately, their child was born 9/11 minutes safely. She named the child as "Yolanda", the name of super Typhoon Haiyan as Filipino. Father Meller Balabog share: "I named it for you to not forget that we have had to fight fiercely with the storm".

Babies lying in the chapel of a hospital in Tacloban.

Not as lucky as Tevez, her family being torn apart pain Maricel Cruz intestine because of lost children. Sitting on the couch, Maricel broke the spirit of the new children's closing 5-month-old in a black jacket. The child was sick before the storm. When storm tan, though tried to the hospital please smoking but she did not find drugs for baby. In the end, you either look helpless children, Maricel convulsions and death.

"Nobody is helping us," she said painfully. The hospital where the baby in also is facing many difficulties. Here people just see the necessities such as a generator, water, oxygen, medicine and a few workers. Power shortages caused many patients must lie between the dark corridor and wait the doctor treating the wounds caused by a typhoon.

Doctor Alberto de Leon, Director of the hospital, admitted: "I'm concerned that the new child will be infected from the bodies of people killed in the hospital".

According to Leon, the hospital is the place for people who are homeless, injured and missing. They flock here because of news that the hospital can provide food, drinking water, shelter and ensure Security.

Meanwhile, the Board of management and minimize the risk of Philippine national disaster (NDRRMC) said as of Sept. 13/11, super Typhoon Haiyan was killing of 2275 people. Above figure has soared in comparison with statistics only a day before. NDRRMC minutes 12/11, said there were 84 people dead, 1778 people missing and injured by the Typhoon Haiyan 2487.

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