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Although many of the hospitals were overloaded, the government had a responsibility to help organize that problem, along with other as well. It was unrealistic to create more hospitals at the time because there were other dilemmas simultaneously occurring, but the government did the right thing by helping to organize the overflowing of hospitals. The Haitian government also exported homeless people on a fairy out of the capital, Port Au-Prince. It must have been difficult to select which issues to tend for and at which times with all the commotion going on. Another major problem was with the burials and the countless amount of deaths. There were thousands of people dead in the streets, in houses, missing, etc and who was responsible for all those people? The government assisted to take those people and either burn them or burry them, yet that was not all. The government handled situations where people reported missing as well as found bodies, which is a hard and intense job. The controversy of how people should morally and how people preferred to be buried was prevalent. Since there were such a large number of deaths, it was hard to care respectfully for each body; therefore the government was partly blamed. The government was accused of not providing enough medical services and water throughout the streets and wherever else people needed helped. Many say the after affects of the earthquake would have been less severe in the moment and long term if the government were more efficient and more organized. For example, streetlights were broken down which resulted in major backed up traffic. The security and police scene was not as strong as it needed to be, and it was almost like other countries governments helped more than the Haitian government itself. The United States was helping Haiti in various categories such as food, water, evacuation, security, airports, medically, and overall international coordination. How could the Haitian government been better? At the end of the day, the Haitian government had several responsibilities during the earthquake in Haiti.