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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evens Sanon

Medical students in Haiti march to demand reopening of main public hospital as police open fire

Haiti Protest - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All right reserved)

Dozens of medical students organized a protest on Wednesday to demand that the government relocate and reopen one of Haiti’s largest public hospitals, noting they need to train there to become doctors.

Donning white coats, the students marched peacefully from their university headquarters in downtown Port-au-Prince to the outskirts of the prime minister’s office, where anti-riot police blocked the road to prevent them from advancing.

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