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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Luke Taylor

Haiti healthcare system on verge of collapse as gang warfare rages on

A gang member walks through Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 11 March 2024.
A gang member walks through Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 11 March 2024. Photograph: Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters

Haiti’s healthcare system has all but collapsed amid the ferocious gang insurrection which forced the resignation of the country’s prime minister, leaving victims of the violence with little hope of medical attention, according to aid workers in the stricken Caribbean country.

In the past two weeks hospitals have been set ablaze, doctors murdered and the most basic medical supplies have now dried up. Only a single public hospital in Haiti’s capital now remains operational – and that too is expected to shut its doors soon.

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