1/21/2010
Canada will deploy a military field hospital to Haiti with more than 100 staff, adding to Canadian medical resources already at work in the earthquake-stricken country.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay says 1 Field Hospital out of Petawawa, will depart in the coming days for Leogane, at the epicentre of the January 12 quake.
Meanwhile, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says federal officials have identified about 150 child-adoption cases that were underway before the quake struck.
Ottawa is working with the provinces and the Haitian government to fast-track adoptions already in the system, and Kenney says the first adoptees could start arriving this weekend.
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says 13 Canadians have been confirmed dead in Haiti; another 357 are missing.
Relief supplies continue to arrive by the planeload, and a roll-on-roll off vessel will be departing Halifax later today loaded with military vehicles.
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