article_snippet.sent: An American disaster response team was a rare bit of good news in a city that has known little but despair since the Nepal earthquake hit on Saturday, leaving more than 5,500 people dead across the poverty-stricken Himalayan nation .
article_snippet.sent: Doctors survival stories are a rare bit of good news in a city that has known little but despair since the 7.8-magnitude quake hit, leaving more than 5,500 people dead across the Himalayan nation.
article_snippet.sent: An official from Nepal's home ministry said the number of confirmed deaths from Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake had risen to 5,489 by Thursday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Almost 11,000 were injured, and more than 80 were also killed in neighbouring India and Tibet.
article_snippet.sent: Countries and organisations around the world have rushed to help Nepal, where the quake has killed around 5,000 people .
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has told Reuters the death toll could reach 10,000, with information on casualties and damage from far-flung villages and towns yet to come in.
article_snippet.sent: That would surpass the 8,500 who died in a 1934 earthquake, the last disaster on this scale to hit the nation of 28 million people sandwiched between India and China.
article_snippet.sent: In Kathmandu and other cities, hospitals quickly overflowed with injured soon after the 7.8-magnitude quake, with many being treated out in the open or not at all.
article_snippet.sent: the 7.8-magnitude quake also triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest that killed at least 18 climbers and guides, including four foreigners, the worst disaster on the world's highest peak.