The number of Haitians treated by South Korean troops surpassed 10,000 people about six months after the contingent began its mission in the earthquake-hit country, Seoul's military officials
said Friday.
About 240 troops, including a 24-member medical team, have implemented the mission of rebuilding Haiti since late February, as part of the U.N.
mission to help the Caribbean state recover from a massive earthquake in January.
The medical team, including seven doctors and five nurses, has treated about 100 Haitian patients a day, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Some patients have even walked two to three hours to get treatment, it said.
The Korean unit, named "Danbi," a Korean word meaning "long-awaited rain," is stationed in Leogane, about 40 kilometers west of the capital
Port-au-Prince.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing more than 300,000 people and leveling a third of the buildings in the impoverished
Caribbean state.