Earlier this year, a Medecins Sans Frontieres-backed hospital just south of the capital also closed its doors after a patient was killed by a bullet as he left the emergency room
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has temporarily closed its hospital in Cite Soleil, in Haiti’s capital, after gang violence threatened the safety of patients and staff, a spokesperson for the group told Reuters Wednesday.
“We are living scenes of warfare just meters from the establishment,” Vincent Harris, an MSF medical advisor, said in a statement. “Because of the territorial conflicts, one of the groups decided crossing was forbidden, so the reaction was a bullet,” he said.
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