Hundreds displaced, medical services suspended amid gang violence in Haiti
Summary
Gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced hundreds of people to flee their homes and caused Doctors Without Borders to stop work at local hospitals. The fighting has made it too dangerous for medical staff to work, leaving no hospitals open in the affected areas.Key Facts
- About 800 people sought shelter inside a Doctors Without Borders hospital before it stopped operations.
- No hospitals are currently open where the fighting is happening, due to safety concerns from gunfire.
- A security guard was hit by a stray bullet at one hospital compound.
- Gang control over parts of the capital has increased since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021.
- Efforts by Haitian authorities to stop the fighting have not been successful.
- Another hospital evacuated newborn babies from its intensive care unit because of the violence.
- Foreign troops arrived in April as part of a UN-backed effort to improve security, but the situation remains unstable.
- Many residents, including a 56-year-old woman, are now homeless and staying on the streets or near the airport road for safety.
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