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Plans for Airlift of Injured Haitians on Hold
By JOSEPH BERGER

The White House said Sunday it was working on a plan to resume a U.S. military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the earthquake — some with devastating burns, head and spinal chord trauma, amputations and other wounds — to American hospitals. The humanitarian effort was suspended five days ago following complaints from the state of Florida that its hospitals were overwhelmed.

Thomas F. Vietor, a spokesman for the White House, said he hoped a plan for the critically injured could be announced within a matter of hours, but declined to comment further.