MIAMI – South Florida doctors are now reacting to Haiti’s latest gang attack.
A partnership that began with equipment sharing 15 years ago after the devastating Haiti earthquake has now destroyed the equipment.
Once again, gangs are being blamed for destroying the country’s only trauma hospital. This would be the hospital that these very gang members would go for help. Now there isn’t anywhere for people with severe injuries to get treatment.
Drone video of the Bernard Mevs hospital in Port Au Prince shows some of the damage. You can see soot outlining the windows.
This latest attack began Sunday evening. Gang members are accused of first looting then destroying and finally setting fire to the buildings. The attack went on for days.
Doctors in South Florida have worked closely with Bernard Mevs, especially since the earthquakes almost 15 years ago through an organization called Project Medishare.
Pictures show inside the hospital of patients being treated. The equipment is now destroyed.