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In Colombia, medical staffs scramble to provide care to earthquake survivors as thousands remain missing

With more than 84 hospitals in western Colombia reporting damages, the pressure on the health facilities that remain standing is increasing.

People in wheelchairs are assisted outside, while others sit in waiting room chairs that have been placed outside

Patients are evacuated from a hospital after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, on Monday.Santiago Saldarriaga / AP

Aug. 12, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT

By George Solis, Erika Angulo, Nicole Acevedo and Johana Suárez

CALI, Colombia — Rescuers are working against the clock to find people who may be buried in the rubble following Monday’s powerful earthquake in western Colombia, which killed at least 241 people and injured thousands. More than 5,000 have been reported missing.

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