US EditionDoctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital
Doctors Without Borders treated over 100,000 patients since 2021 before closing the Turgeau clinic due to escalating gang violence that controls 90% of Port-au-Prince, UN reported.
- Doctors Without Borders has permanently closed its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince due to ongoing violence in the city, which is now controlled by gangs at a rate of 90%.
- Over 60% of health facilities in the capital are non-functioning because of increased gang violence.
- The emergency center in Turgeau treated more than 100,000 patients from 2021 to March 2025, including over 2,500 consultations in February.
- Jean-Marc Biquet noted that the center's location near combat zones made it too dangerous for operations.
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