Gang sets fire to General Hospital in Port-au-Prince

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In Haiti, the fire of the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, attributed to the Coalition of gangs "Viv ansanm" and occurred on Thursday, February 13, plunges the medical sector into dismay and consternation. Rebelled and outraged, the health workers denounce an unacceptable act and worry about the consequences for the future of this health institution. Today, many people express their ras-le-bol in the face of this new tragedy.

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Gang sets fire to General Hospital in Port-au-Prince

The Viv Ansanm gang coalition set fire Thursday to the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The hospital is the largest in Haiti. Video clips posted on social media showed smoke and fire coming from the building. The General Hospital attack is the latest in a series of violence targeting Haiti's medical establishments.  Click here for the full story in Creole.

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infobae According to UN data, at least 5,626 people died in Haiti in 2024 as a result of the actions of criminal gangs, 2,000 213 were injured and 1,494 were kidnapped.The armed gangs that are part of the coalition Vivre Ensemble burned down on Thursday the Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH), the main public hospital in Port-au-Prince.In a video that circulates on social networks, you see great flames that raze part of the HUEH, co…

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The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), in a public note, condemned with the utmost rigour the arson of the Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH) on 13 February, perpetrated by the criminal coalition "Viv ansanm". "This act of vandalism constitutes an unacceptable attack on the health heritage of the country and puts at greater risk access to health care for the population", we read in this note. For the MSPP, "destroying…

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Haiti’s shuttered main public hospital is set on fire in latest attack on the institution

(Associated Press) – Haiti’s main public hospital, which remains shuttered after multiple gang attacks, was set on fire Thursday in the latest blow to one the country’s largest health institutions. The hospital’s general director, Dr. Prince Sonson Pierre, confirmed the fire in an interview with The Associated Press. He said he called police to see if they could secure the building to avoid a total loss. (Read More)

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Armed gangs that are part of the Vivre Ensemble coalition set fire on Thursday to the Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH), the main public hospital in Port-au-Prince. The entrance Armed gangs in Haiti set fire to the main hospital in Port-au-Prince was first published in the Digital Process.