Access to Health Services Dealt Severe Blow by Chilean Earthquake – UN Agency

by Gary Kopycinski on March 1, 2010

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NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2010 – The massive earthquake which struck Chile on Saturday has severely disrupted health services, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, dispatching a disaster management expert to the South American nation to assist in the aftermath of the catastrophe.