Bermuda has accepted a request from the US Goverment to take patients airlifted out of Haiti.

“The Consul General conveyed the request. Our hospital, through the Chief of Staff, has agreed to accept these patients," said the Premier's Press Secretary, Arnold Minors.

Dr Donald Thomas, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Chief of Staff, said the hospital has agreed in principle and will work out specifics through the Consul General's office.

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