<P> The quake affected the three Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) medical facilities around Port - au - Prince, causing one to collapse completely . A hospital in Pétion - Ville, a wealthy suburb of Port - au - Prince, also collapsed, as did the St. Michel District Hospital in the southern town of Jacmel, which was the largest referral hospital in south - east Haiti . </P> <P> The quake seriously damaged the control tower at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport and the Port - au - Prince seaport . Reported damage to the seaport included the collapse of cranes and containers into the water, structural damage to the pier, waterfront quay areas collapsing into the water with crevassing and slumping of level waterfront ship - unloading dock - work areas, container cranes leaning because of ground subsidence, and an oil spill, rendering the harbor unusable for immediate rescue operations . The Gonaïves seaport, in the northern part of Haiti, remained operational . </P> <P> The main road linking Port - au - Prince with Jacmel remained blocked ten days after the earthquake, hampering delivery of aid to Jacmel . When asked why the road had not been opened, Hazem el - Zein, head of the south - east division of the UN World Food Programme said that "We ask the same questions to the people in charge...They promise rapid response . To be honest, I don't know why it hasn't been done . I can only think that their priority must be somewhere else ." </P> <P> There was considerable damage to communications infrastructure . The public telephone system was not available, and Haiti's largest cellular telephone provider, Digicel, suffered damage to its network . It was operational by 14 January, but the volume of calls overwhelmed its capacity and most calls could not be connected . Comcel Haiti's facilities were not severely damaged, but its mobile phone service was temporarily shut down on 12 January . By 14 January the company had re-established 70% of its services . Service on the spur connection to the BDSNi cable system which provided Haiti with its only direct fibre - optic connectivity to the outside world, was disrupted, with the terminal in Port - au - Prince being completely destroyed . </P>

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