October 2, 2009
Makeshift hospitals emerge after Indonesian quake

At least 715 people are confirmed dead — with the death toll expected to rise — after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the government says several thousands more may still be trapped under the rubble.

Wayne Hay of Worldfocus partner Al Jazeera English reports from a makeshift hospital in Padang, where rescue workers are struggling to keep up.

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