 Rescue efforts began in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake , with able @-@ bodied survivors <unk> the living and the dead from the rubble of the many buildings that had collapsed . Treatment of the injured was hampered by the lack of hospital and morgue facilities : the Argentine military field hospital , which had been serving MINUSTAH , was the only one available until 13 January . Rescue work intensified only slightly with the arrival of doctors , police officers , military personnel and <unk> from various countries two days after the earthquake . 
