On the occasion of National Carnival, which was held in Gonaïves this year and that ended Tuesday, as Haitilibre presented you https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10649-haiti-health-at-carnival-the-stand-of-sophia-martelly-a-true-small-hospital.html the First Lady, Sophia Martelly had set up a first aid stand composed of a reception area with 11 beds, an emergency room with 5 beds and an operating room, and a staff of 15 physicians and 5 to 6 specialists.

This facility has allowed 151 patients to receive medical care that required their cases, to this we must add a space specially reserved for women victims of rape.

Moreover, in the context of the fight against malaria, together with the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), of fumigation activities of the city and destruction of breeding sites were conducted. 2000 nets were distributed in hotels, shelters, health institutions in Raboteau and KSoley as well as the Providence Hospital.

The First Lady of the Republic, Mrs. Sophia Martelly, in collaboration with several institutions, intervened at different levels to support the revelers in difficulty during the course of the three fat days in Gonaïves.

At the level of road users, a zone of prevention has been established. Ambulances were mobilized and thehealth centers strengthened to ensure rapid support of victims. More than 250 brigadiers and rescue workers of Public Security have been deployed all along the Route Nationale #1 to Gonaïves

In collaboration with the MSPP and the PATHFINDER project, a monitoring service of cases was also established to ensure efficient management of data for processing.

For her part, the First Lady of the Republic strongly congratulates the MSPP, the Secretary of State for Public Security, the National Police of Haiti (PNH), the Directorate of Traffic and Traffic Police, the Office of Insurance Work Accident, Sickness and Maternity (OFATMA), the Haitian Red Cross, the National Ambulance Centre, PATHFINDER, physicians, nurses, rescue workers of the Mouvement Tèt kale (MTK), the stretcher bearers and all thosewho in one way or another, have contributed to the success of these activities.

According to a new partial balance sheet reported by Eddy Sylvain Techlet, regional spokesman for the PNH there would have been during the three fat days 472 wounded. 49 arrests, 12 were released. Not to mention the 3 victims https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10655-haiti-social-partial-balance-sheet-of-carnival-2014.html The Red Cross also reported that in the National Road #1 at the height of Cabaret thirty people were injured and dozens died in accidents...

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