Fuel shortage organized by gangs in Haiti: "we have 2 weeks of fuel left in stock"

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Newborn babies at Saint Damien pediatric hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday, October 24, 2021. The capital's main pediatric hospital says it only has three days of fuel left to operate medical equipment.

AP - Matias Delacroix

By: Charlotte Derouin

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Haitians have been facing an unbridled deterioration in their living conditions since the start of the week.

Hospitals, telecoms and media are severely impacted due to a shortage caused by gangs controlling access to oil terminals.

State of play of the situation in the structures managed by MSF with Julien Bartoletti, head of mission for Médecin Sans Frontières, just back from Haiti.

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The gangs that control much of the capital Port-au-Prince have been preventing the regular and secure supply of fuel for several months.

The fuel shortage is hitting hospitals across the country hard.

The electrical network being faulty, the recourse to the generators is essential to ensure the continuity of the care ... But gangs block the roads which lead to the oil terminals, preventing the deliveries of fuel necessary for the generators.

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