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'No new patients until release': WATCH staff protest KIDNAPPING of Haiti hospital chief as Covid-19 takes root in country
The chief surgeon and director at one of Haiti’s major hospitals was kidnapped on his way into work, triggering protests from the facility’s staff, who have refused to take any new patients until the doctor is freed.
The surgeon, Dr. Jerry Bitar, was abducted soon after leaving his home for the Bernard Mevs hospital in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, an administrator at the facility told Reuters. Crowds gathered outside the hospital to demand for Bitar’s release, chanting slogans and declining treatment for any new arrivals.
“Hospital staff decided not to take any new cases for the time being,” said the administrator, Carla Puzo, adding “We will continue to look after those already here.”
Hospital workers protest the kidnapping of Dr. Jerry Bitar who was kidnapped today while on the way to work. "We will not continue to work without the release of Dr. Bitar.""This is a hospital that accepts everyone, whether they can afford it or not." https://t.co/6k0VIeyN1opic.twitter.com/5SNrdFRKon
— Madame Boukman - Justice 4 Haiti
