Haiti truck blast death toll rises to 75 as doctors scramble to treat wounded
Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Haiti rose to 75 on Wednesday as doctors scrambled to treat the wounded from an incident that officials say was made more deadly by residents approaching the vehicle in a desperate search for fuel. Rescue workers recovered 61 bodies at the site of […]
Haiti’s hospitals close to collapse as fuel remains scarce
Port-au-PrinceReuters Desperate to have her infant son Pierre admitted to hospital to treat his anemia and diarrhea, Mirlande Cherie set out two weeks ago on an odyssey to find a medical facility that had not already been shuttered by Haiti’s fuel shortages. Cherie rode on the back of a motorcycle with Pierre in her arms […]
UNICEF warns Haiti fuel shortages put hospitalised women and children at risk
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Fuel shortages in Haiti are putting the lives of hundreds of women and children at risk as hospitals run low on supplies for electricity, United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Sunday. Fuel supplies to the capital Port-au-Prince have been severely disrupted in recent weeks by a wave of kidnappings, including the abduction […]
Postcards: Lebanon’s crisis pushes mental health services to the limit
MAYA GEBEILY, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Beirut on the challenges facing mental health workers…
Life grinds to a halt in Lebanon’s blackouts
Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanon’s worsening fuel crisis has reached a painful crunch point, with bakeries, businesses and hospitals either scaling back operations or shutting down completely, making life even harder for Lebanese already enduring a financial meltdown. As the fuel oil that powers Lebanon has disappeared from the market, Lebanese have sweltered at home in the […]