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August 20, 2021

Major Hospital in Port-au-Prince Closes After Gangs Kidnap Doctors, Hampering Earthquake Relief
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In Haiti, a major hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince shut its doors
Thursday in protest, after two of its doctors were kidnapped by criminal
gangs. One of the doctors is an orthopedic surgeon who had been treating
survivors of Saturday's massive earthquake, which left nearly 2,200
people dead and injured more than 12,000. On Thursday, humanitarian aid
workers said shipments began flowing more quickly into Haiti's
southwestern peninsula, but there are still shortages of urgently needed
food and medical supplies.


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