Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Wed 05/28/2025 View Tue 05/27/2025 View Mon 05/26/2025 View Sun 05/25/2025 View Sat 05/24/2025 View Fri 05/23/2025 View Thu 05/22/2025
2022-10-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Cholera spreads rapidly in Haiti, overwhelming local hospitals
[Alarabyia News] Thousands of people across Haiti are becoming sick with cholera amidst a rapidly spreading outbreak that is straining the resources of non-profit originations and local hospitals.

Medical staff struggle to provide care amid the ongoing economic and political crisis, and fuel, water and other basic supplies growing scarcer by the day.

Many Haitians are dying because they are unable to reach a hospital in time because of a spike in gang violence that makes it unsafe for people to leave their communities.

In addition, the lack of fuel has shut down public transport, gas stations and other key businesses.

Medical staff at an open air clinic in the capital on Thursday came to the aid of Stanley Joliva.

They pumped air into his lungs and gave him chest compressions, but their efforts to save him were unsuccessful.

Less than an hour later, the body of the 22-year-old was laid on the floor, wrapped in a white plastic bag with the date of his death scrawled on top.

His mother, Vilene Enfant, sat next to the body.

"Only God knows my pain," she said.

Posted by Fred 2022-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Trump's fault, no doubt...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-30 07:25||   2022-10-30 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 A disease of the dense pack population. Just waiting for that city council who think pensions are more important than maintaining a modern water supply.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-30 08:20||   2022-10-30 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this the Nepalese strain of cholera, thoughtfully introduced by UN troops back in the day?
Posted by Elmoting Flerelet5519 2022-10-30 20:03||   2022-10-30 20:03|| Front Page Top

09:43 Mullah Richard
09:27 Warthog
09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com