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Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital
Doctors Without Borders closes Port-au-Prince clinic as gang violence disrupts health services, with only 13% of Haitian in-patient facilities fully operational, UN and WHO report.
- Doctors Without Borders has permanently closed its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince due to ongoing violence in the city, which is now controlled by gangs at a rate of 90%.
- Over 60% of health facilities in the capital are non-functioning because of increased gang violence.
- The emergency center in Turgeau treated more than 100,000 patients from 2021 to March 2025, including over 2,500 consultations in February.
- Jean-Marc Biquet noted that the center's location near combat zones made it too dangerous for operations.
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Haiti: Doctors without Borders Forced to Close Emergency Service in Port-Au-Prince Due to Insecurity
Faced with the resurgence of insecurity in Haiti, in a context of deep political instability and escalation of gang-related violence, the NGO Médecins sans frontières (MSF) announced this Wednesday, October 15 the definitive closure of its emergency service located in Port-au-Prince....
Médecins sans frontières (Doctors Without Borders) took this decision "in the face of increasing insecurity" in the Haitian capital.
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Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders says that ongoing violence in Haiti has forced it to permanently close its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince.
Due to the ongoing heavy fighting in the area, the safety of its staff and patients continues to be threatened, according to the NGO.
Doctors without Borders shutters Haiti emergency clinic in 'last resort'
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Doctors without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday it is indefinitely closing an emergency clinic in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince due to extended violent clashes in the area that threaten the safety of staff and patients. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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