PUBLISHED ON : AUGUST 20, 2021 / 07:24 PM
Two surgeons, one of whom is an orthopedic surgeon treating earthquake victims from the Southern region of Haiti, have been reportedly kidnapped in Port-au-Prince – highlighting the fragility of a gang truce meant to allow humanitarian aid to traverse a corridor to the nation’s hardest-hit areas.
The Miami Herald reports that in response to the kidnappings in Haiti’s capital, one hospital network declared a two-day shutdown to all patients, except for emergencies.
“It’s unacceptable,” said Dr. Ronald Laroche, the founder of DASH, a network of eight private hospitals and clinics that operate in the capital, according to the Herald. “Kidnapping is one thing. But the fact that the mother and child died is unacceptable.”
It’s unclear how much ransom has been demanded or who is responsible for the abductions. Kidnappers have contacted the families of both doctors though.
Meanwhile, Haitian police on Thursday (August 19) also announced that 22 prisoners had escaped from the Les Cayes jail after the earthquake.
RELATED: Haiti Earthquake: Death Toll Rise To Nearly 1,300 After all 7.2 Quake
Marie-Michelle Verrier, Haiti’s National Police spokesman, said anyone seeking to take aid to the south to quake victims should check in with police. The announcement comes after Haitian artist Widler Octavius, known as Wid, complained to the Herald on Wednesday that the police commissioner assigned to Les Cayes had refused to provide him with a police escort to the hospital in nearby Port Salut.
It’s there where Wid had been donating cooked meals and toiletries to quake victims. The police’s refusal left him at the mercy of bandits, he said, who attacked his group as they headed to the beachfront community.
The post Two Doctors Kidnapped In Haiti As Gang Truce Falters appeared first on Digital Online Fashion Magazine | Free Fashion Magazine | Fashion Magazine Online.
0 Commentaires