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HAITI UPDATE: Sunday 17th

Sheila Leech and the HCJB Global Hands team continue to do an incredible job in this devastated country. They start at 8am and work until 11 or 12at night. But they are exhausted, so it is good that 18 more Doctors arrive at the Baptist hospital today where they are based.

The injuries they are seeing are getting worse due to infections so they are having to perform amputations. The team are working with two Haitian doctors as well, Dr Claude and Dr Bernard, who have been working non-stop since this all started, despite having lost staff members and family members themselves.

There is a terrible smell of death in the air at the hospital, and the morgue is full and overflowing. They are having to consider a mass grave as no-one is claiming the bodies. The normal channels for contacting relativeshave broken down.

Martin Harrison has been working on the water supply for the hospital which he now has working thanks to a water filter and a fish pond! They were just about to run out of water so it was good timing! Diesel was down to one day's supply but they've just had two tankers deliver fuel so they have about a week's supply - praise God. To see photos of the team at work, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hcjbglobal/sets/72157623085046733/with/4280954404/

The BBC continues to follow Martin and the team every step. He has been on BBC national radio several times so far. You can follow his diary entrieson the BBC website here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8458915.stm

If you would like to donate towards the work of the HCJB Global Hands Emergency Medical Response Team, you can send a cheque to the HCJB Global office (address below) clearly marked "for the Haiti Emergency Team". Or phone the office with your credit card details on 01274 721810.

HCJB Global
The Media Centre
131 Grattan Road
Bradford
BD1 2HS