Injured Samoans fleeing tsunami reach hospitals

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Updated October 23, 2009 09:24:14

More than three weeks on from the tsunami which devastated Samoa, homeless families are still sheltering under tarps along the country's south coast. Doctors at the hospital in Lalomanu, one of the worst hit villages, say they're seeing some injured people for the first time - Samoans who fled to the hills after the giant waves are only now brave enough to come down for treatment.

Presenter: Kerri Ritchie, New Zealand Correspondent
Speaker: Matt Anderson, Australia's High Commissioner to Samoa

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