Haiti Medical Crisis: Only 15 Hospitals nationwide have an Intensive Care Unit
Of these 15 hospitals with an intensive care unit, 9 are private and 6 are public hospitals.
Why would a patient need to be intubated?
Intubation, in case you're wondering, is the process of inserting a tube, called an endotracheal tube (ET), through the mouth of a patient and then into the airway so that the patient can be placed on a ventilator to assist him/her with breathing during anesthesia, sedation, or severe illness.
So, in Haiti, a country of over 12 million people, only 45 patients can be intubated at one time, in the entire country!
Did you know? Any decrease in oxygen delivery to an injured brain increased the your chance of survival. So if God forbid you have a severe illness in Haiti or say you get involved in a severe traffic accident, you are shit out of luck!
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This information I've just share with you is from an article released by Le Nouvelliste trying to explain why a former public health minister died after she was involved in a traffic accident somewhere between Jeremie and Aux Cayes. I am breaking it down into pieces to help spread the news about what I consider to be a serious medical crisis in Haiti.
Things have to change in Haiti! There is no other way!
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