The U.S. military on Monday resumed airlifts that took hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States before the flights were suspended last week. The White House said military aircraft were scheduled to resume flying critically injured patients by early Monday, five days after the flights were halted. Spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement late Sunday that the White House received assurances that additional medical capacity exists in the United States and among its international partners for the Haitian patients. "We determined that we can resume these critical flights," Vietor said. "Patients are being identified for transfer, doctors are making sure that it is safe for them to fly, and we are preparing specific in-flight pediatric care aboard the aircraft where needed."
