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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Roberto SCHMIDT, Luckenson JEAN

Victims Of Haiti's Gangs Face Health System In Crisis

Over half a million Haitians have been displaced by rampant gang violence (Credit: AFP)

Suffering from gunshot wounds to the leg and buttocks, 31-year-old Olivier Vilminio sought treatment in a hospital in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

But even there, he was not safe from a surge of gang violence that has upended life in the impoverished Caribbean nation and made medical care even more difficult to attain.

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