Hospitals in Haiti

Did you know? A survey conducted by St-Luc Hospital and the Maryland Medical Center revealed that only 5 hospitals in the entire country are able to provide appropriate medical coverage 24 hours a day.

Did you know? Out of 570 communal sections in Haiti, 122 of them lack Health infrastructure. Tthat means no hospitals, no health clinics, no medical equipment, no Ambulance, not even a "bourèt" or a "bourik" to take someone to a hospital nearby if there is a medical emergency.

Two hospitals operated by Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) will close their doors in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, the aid group announced. A big sign on the front gate reads: "We are no longer receiving patients, the hospital is closed."

The Haitian government had decided it's time to enlarge the State University Hospital of Port-au-Prince (l'Hopital de l'Université d'Etat d'Haiti - HUEH) and construct a new building for the Haitian firefighters. To do that, 2 chunks of downtown Port-au-Prince have been taken over for public use (utilité publique).

Haiti Health Care and Medical Crisis -- A Haitian baby, 3 years old, has died in Hospital General in capital Port-au-Prince due to lack of care, a Haitian radio station in the capital has just reported...

Can you Believe this ****??? In Haiti, a 9-month pregnant woman rushes to General Hospital in Port-au-Prince Wednesday to give birth, instead, she DIED unable to give birth BECAUSE doctor are on strike...

The Haitian media is pissed off after one of their own was left to die on the floor at Hospital General... Doctors were on strike and they wouldn't touch him...

Now Hear this... The Ministry of public health (MSPP) in Haiti alerted the population that the morgue at Hospital General in downtown Port-au-Prince is ONLY for those who die INSIDE the Hospital walls... Starting 09 June 2015, if you die outside, your body must be taken elsewhere...

The newly rebuilt Haiti University Hospital Saint-Francois de Sales was inaugurated Thursday, 12 Jan 2015... Saint-Francois de Sales now has 190 beds with the capacity for 3,500 hospitalizations per year...

We have just been informed that ALL the solar panel at the Thomassique Haiti Hospital were stolen earlier this week... According to a resident of Thomassique, 15 to 20 Solar panels were stolen, panels that the hospital uses to power up the critical equipments...