Washington ( CNN ) -- Flights transporting critically injured Haitians to the United States are set to resume Monday morning , according to a spokeswoman for a University of Miami team of volunteers in Port-au-Prince . The flights are scheduled to resume at 11 a.m. Monday , said Nery Ynclan , a spokeswoman for the university 's R. Barth Green , who is leading the team . The flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured , White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Saturday . `` Having received assurances that additional capacity exists both here and among our international partners , we determined that we can resume these critical flights , '' he said in a statement Sunday . The statement , released Sunday afternoon , said flights would resume `` in the next 12 hours . '' The evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could not be met by doctors working in Haiti . Nearly 23,000 people have been seen by U.S. personnel since the January 12 earthquake , Vietor said . The missing , the found , the victims . Airlifts stopped after there were `` concerns about the strain on domestic health capacity , '' Vietor said . But officials have increased the ability to care for patients through a network of nonprofits and U.S. hospitals , he said . Earlier reports also cited questions over who would pay for patients ' care . The flights stopped Wednesday when some states refused to allow entry to Haitians needing care , according to Navy Capt . Kevin Aandahl , a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command . He would not say which states objected . In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius obtained by CNN , Florida Gov . Charlie Crist asked that the federal government activate the National Disaster Medical System to provide reimbursement to Florida and other states for taking in the patients , who have no insurance . Share your stories from Haiti . Florida 's health facilities were already strained by winter tourism and seasonal residence migration , Crist said in the letter . But Florida officials said Saturday that the state was committed to assisting Haitian quake victims and had not asked the airlifts be halted . Full coverage . Florida will play a role in caregiving once flights resume . The state has identified medical facilities that could take in victims , Vietor said in Sunday 's statement . CNN 's Susan Candiotti and Rachel Streitfeld contributed to this report .
Evacuation flights to U.S. to resume Monday morning , aid group says . Flights were temporarily halted Wednesday over logistical issues , White House says . Some hospitals lacked space to care for influx of Haitian patients . Questions have also been raised about who will pay for their care .