Key hospital in central Haiti closes due to gang violence

Reuters - 08:40
A top hospital in Haiti is closing its doors due to worsening insecurity after gangs attacked the central city of Mirebalais, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday, marking another blow to the country's fragile health sector.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 22 (Reuters) - A top hospital in Haiti is closing its doors due to worsening insecurity after gangs attacked the central city of Mirebalais, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday, marking another blow to the country's fragile health sector.
The hospital had effectively closed at the start of April, the University Hospital of Mirebalais' deputy executive director Pierre-Marie Cherenfant told Reuters, when it began transferring patients out to other hospitals in the area.

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The hospital in the city some 55 km (34 miles) northeast of capital Port-au-Prince had operated as a reference hospital for patients, providing affordable care for difficult cases ranging from COVID-19 to adv...
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