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Quake Hit Haitian Medicine
The earthquake of January 12 strongly hit Haiti, causing the death of 73 doctors or nurses among others, according to the website of Haiti Press Network.
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The earthquake of January 12 strongly hit Haiti, causing the death of 73 doctors or nurses among others, according to the website of Haiti Press Network.
The quake that killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and caused other serious problems to the country also damaged the weak medical infrastructure of the poorest nation of the Caribbean.
At the same time, 30 from the 62 hospitals of the nation were damaged or collapsed.
More than 500 medical students have no conditions to continue their majors, announced Director General of the Public Health Department Doctor Timothy Gabriel to the mentioned digital daily.
Haiti has nearly 10 million inhabitants, but it only has two doctors and less than two nurses to every 10,000 people, which is a number that stand out if the indicators of other nations of the region are taken into account.
On the other hand, a large part of the nearly 300 doctors that graduate every year leave Haiti to practice medicine in places where they are better paid.
A Cuban medical brigade has been in Haiti since George hurricane took place, but its members increased considerably after the quake.
The Cuban doctors, who work in field hospitals almost all the time, were the first to assist those who were injured by the quake in this capital and they remain in the same place two and a half months after the quake assisting hundreds of Haitians everyday.
The quake that killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and caused other serious problems to the country also damaged the weak medical infrastructure of the poorest nation of the Caribbean.
At the same time, 30 from the 62 hospitals of the nation were damaged or collapsed.
More than 500 medical students have no conditions to continue their majors, announced Director General of the Public Health Department Doctor Timothy Gabriel to the mentioned digital daily.
Haiti has nearly 10 million inhabitants, but it only has two doctors and less than two nurses to every 10,000 people, which is a number that stand out if the indicators of other nations of the region are taken into account.
On the other hand, a large part of the nearly 300 doctors that graduate every year leave Haiti to practice medicine in places where they are better paid.
A Cuban medical brigade has been in Haiti since George hurricane took place, but its members increased considerably after the quake.
The Cuban doctors, who work in field hospitals almost all the time, were the first to assist those who were injured by the quake in this capital and they remain in the same place two and a half months after the quake assisting hundreds of Haitians everyday.