'Of 102 existing gangs, the government has dismantled 64 and is working to quickly to reestablish security,' he said.īut as chronic insecurity continues in Port-au-Prince, MSF is calling for the respect of health facilities so that patients and staff can access them. Responding to the criticism, Haitian President Jovenel Moise cited progress in dismantling gangs and reducing violence in his speech to the U.N. 'The fight against impunity must be the priority of the authorities.' 'I ask this question straightforwardly: How is it possible today that Jimmy Cherizier is still walking free?' Broadhurst said. Mission to the United Nations.įrance's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Nathalie Broadhurst, also criticized Haiti's government for lack of progress on curbing gang violence. 'We urge Haitian authorities to redouble their efforts to investigate and prosecute violent crime,' said Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the Acting Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs at the U.S. Burn Victims stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit your needs. Gang violence has been a concern not only for Haitian authorities but also the international community, which raised the issue at a February 22 United Nations Security Council meeting. Browse Getty Images’ premium collection of high-quality, authentic Burn Victims stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures.

MSF staff transfer burn patients out of Drouillard hospital to Tabarre trauma center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Currently we do not have the capacity to admit new patients with severe burns.' 'We already treat trauma patients at our Tabarre hospital, so this does not leave many more places for burns patients. 'We are still working to set up an operating theater in our Tabarre hospital for our existing burns patients,' Ngamba told VOA. After August, the hospital reshifted its focus to burn care. Originally set up as a trauma center in 2011 to treat victims of violence, road accidents or burns, the hospital shifted its focus to specialized burn care in 2014.Īfter the COVID-19 pandemic hit Haiti in March 2020, the Drouillard hospital temporarily shifted to treating COVID-19 patients between May and August. MSF's Drouillard location employs about 250 staff - a mix of Haitian and international MSF employees.

'Faced with the recurrence of this violence, we have decided to move patients from our burn center and outpatient services to our trauma hospital in Tabarre, in order to ensure the protection of staff, the safety of our patients and continuity of their care.' 'The situation around our hospital in Drouillard has deteriorated, for patients and for staff,' Aline Serin, MSF head of mission in Haiti, said in a statement. The Station Fire: 100 victims in photos Michael Delaney The Providence Journal The sun shines over the memorial at the Station Fire Park Sandor Bodo, The Providence Journal Louis Alves who. For now, only the emergency department of the hospital is open, but it is functioning at a reduced capacity and limited to accepting only life-threatening cases, MSF says.

Outpatient services for burn patients had been transferred out of Drouillard since February 13, after a first wave of gang violence. Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres burns hospital in Drouillard, Haiti.

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