Although there are many big name organizations waiting in Xining without permission to operate, the 70 teams that our contact was referring to were domestic medical teams that are prepared to cycle through Yushu during the coming weeks.
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One week ago, we began operating under a verbal invitation from the prefecture government immediately following the quake and continued to move in medical teams under verbal agreements. I'm happy to report today that we're now on the government's list of official medical camps. That's big. It doesn't guarantee anything, but it's huge compared to going on a verbal invitation.
