Desperate Nepalese sleep in open, seek help as aftershocks spread fear

People gather near a collapsed house after a major earthquake in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Thousands of desperate Nepalese huddled under tents and sought scarce food and medical supplies last night, two days after a massive quake killed more than 2,500 people, as overwhelmed authorities struggled to care for the wounded and homeless.

The sick and wounded lay out in the open in the capital, Kathmandu, unable to find beds in the devastated city’s hospitals. Surgeons