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    Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-...irus-emergency


    Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency
    Reuters
    Andre Paultre
    March 27, 2020
    8:36 PM EDT

    PORT-AU-PRINCE — The director of one of Haiti’s top hospitals was kidnapped on Friday, prompting staff to refuse to take in new patients in protest as the impoverished country battles an outbreak of the novel coronavirus amid a spike in gang violence.

    Dr. Jerry Bitar, a surgeon, was kidnapped shortly after leaving for work at Hospital Bernard Mevs from his home in an upmarket neighborhood of the capital, hospital administrative assistant Carla Puzo told Reuters.

    Kidnappings for ransom have sharply increased this year amid a political and economic crisis in Haiti, which according to the World Bank is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere...
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