Haiti ’s Healthcare Nears Collapse Amid Violence as Hospitals Shutter, Medicine Dwindles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
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They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The me...
Source: TIME: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dánica Coto / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent at hospitals and clinics across Haiti's capital as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
DeSantis Migrant Flight Stunt Backfires as ‘Victim Visas’ Granted Allowing Them to Avoid Deportation and Work in U.S
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tried to play immigration hardliner as he plotted for his 2024 presidential campaign, but one of his most notorious efforts seems to have backfired in a spectacularly ironic fashion, as the migrants he had transported on taxpayer-funded…#charlieneibergall #florida #rondesantis #marthasvineyard #desantis #mexico #cuban #haitian #miami #venezuelan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders is formally established amid gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet was established Friday in a move supporters hope will help quell turmoil in the troubled Caribbean country where most of the capital remains under the grip of criminal gangs. The…#haiti #cabinet #caribbean #haitian #arielhenry #petitdesalin #jeancharlesmoïse #edered #claudejoseph #montana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical care and supplies are scarce as gang violence chokes Haiti's capital
Fresh gunfire has erupted in Haiti's capital, forcing aid workers in downtown Port-au-Prince to halt urgently needed care for thousands of people (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Even now, right clings to false tale about migrants, charter flights
It was nearly a month ago when Sen. Ted Cruz started pushing a brazenly deceptive message about the Biden administration “importing illegal aliens” into the United States. The Texas Republican even sent out fundraising appeals, telling would-be donors that President Joe Biden has chartered “secret…#tedcruz #elonmusk #markgreen #tennessee #billhagerty #republicans #marshablackburn #cubans #haitians #nicaraguans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opinion: Cuba ’s economic collapse is what happens when there is no free trade
Mark Milke is the founder and president of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and editor of its first book, The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should Be Cherished—Not Cancelled. Cuba is an economic and social failure. This is obvious to any honest observer of the island nation, now hurtling…#markmilke #cuba #haiti #bahamas #fidelcastro #havana #varadero #cubans #unworldfoodprogramme #cuban (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Warlord Turns to Death, Rape and Rap Videos to Expand Control in Haiti
Veteran law enforcers are stunned by the level of violence as the gang boss known as Izo expands his control. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years
More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That represents 54 percent of the…#justicedepartment #atf #stevedettelbach #merrickgarland #haiti (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Haiti's surge in gang violence has led more than 53,000 to flee the capital in less than 3 weeks, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. WATCH: Brutal wave of gang violence leaves 1.4 million Haitians on brink of…#haiti #unitednations #haitians #stephanedujarric #marjoriemichellejean #mirebalais #portauprince #arielhenry #kenya #eastafrican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What to know about World Central Kitchen after Israeli strike kills Gaza aid workers
World Central Kitchen (WCK), a disaster relief nonprofit founded by the Michelin-starred chef José Andrés, has suspended its operations in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed by an Israeli Defense Force strike. The big picture: The nonprofit has been one of the few aid organizations able…#joséandrés #gaza #israeli #israel #wck #worldcentralkitchen #eringore #ngo #haiti #ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kidnapped YouTuber Who Paid $50,000 Ransom Is Still Unable to Leave Haiti
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. Guns Flow Into Haiti as Gangs Push to Take Control
Haiti’s crime gangs are building arsenals and bringing the country to the brink of disaster, as law enforcement struggles to stop the flow of guns from the U.S.#haiti (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
We Can ’t Bear to Think About Sudan and Haiti, So We Don’t
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gen-Z American YouTuber Kidnapped In Haiti
A YouTube and Twitch star known as "YourFellowArab" was reportedly kidnapped by a ruthless Haitian gang. The Gen-Zer attempted to interview gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier earlier this month amid the Caribbean nation's descent into civil war. Local…#haitian #genzer #caribbean #haiti24 #pierremaalouf #atlanta #g9familyandallies #portauprince #youtuber #sacrasean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
