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| Trump gives his Puerto Rico response a 10 despite 85% of island still lacking electricity | Trump gives his Puerto Rico response a 10 despite 85% of island still lacking electricity |
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| Donald Trump says that his administrations response to the disaster in Puerto Rico deserves a grade of 10 out of 10, even though much of the island is still without power three weeks after Hurricane Maria smashed through the US territory. | Donald Trump says that his administrations response to the disaster in Puerto Rico deserves a grade of 10 out of 10, even though much of the island is still without power three weeks after Hurricane Maria smashed through the US territory. |
| The President boasted of his own administration’s work during a meeting in the Oval Office with the US territory’s governor, Ricardo Rossello. The Puerto Rican governor notably avoided the question when asked how he’d rate the US federal government’s response. | The President boasted of his own administration’s work during a meeting in the Oval Office with the US territory’s governor, Ricardo Rossello. The Puerto Rican governor notably avoided the question when asked how he’d rate the US federal government’s response. |
| “I think we’ve done a really great job,” Mr Trump said. “I give ourselves a 10 [because] we have provided so much, so fast.” | “I think we’ve done a really great job,” Mr Trump said. “I give ourselves a 10 [because] we have provided so much, so fast.” |
| Three weeks after Maria made landfall on the US territory, 85 per cent of the island is still without power, endangering vulnerable populations in hospitals and elsewhere. Ninety-eight per cent of the hospitals on the island are reportedly open, but they are hobbled by unsteady access to electricity. Of those hospitals with generators, the influx of patients from other hospitals that don't have the resources to serve their patients. | |
| Emergency health services are also paralysed, leaving many sick people trapped in their homes without access to phone services to call for help, and to access their medications. People with lifelong medical conditions are particularly vulnerable, and many are going without the medications they need to survive. | |