Washington ( CNN ) -- Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume within a few hours , the White House announced Sunday afternoon . 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 . Full coverage . 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 . Some volunteer American doctors in Haiti expect the flights to resume at 11 a.m. Monday , according to Nery Ynclan , a spokeswoman for Dr. Barth Green , of the University of Miami , who is leading a team of volunteers in Port-au-Prince . 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 . But earlier reports also cited questions over who would pay for patients ' care . The missing , the found , the victims . 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 . 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 . 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 .
White House spokesman : Flights had been temporarily suspended because of logistical difficulties . Spokesman said there were ` ` concerns about the strain on domestic health capacity '' Evacuated patients are those whose medical needs could n't be met in Haiti after all . White House has ` ` official assurances that additional capacity exists ''