Inaugurated March 7, 2012 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5115-haiti-health-inauguration-of-national-ambulance-center-can.html the National Ambulance Centre (CAN), located at #1 Avenue Maïs Gaté, is the result of a tripartite agreement signed on March 27, 2010 between Haiti, Cuba and Brazil.

It was Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, Minister of Health and her team who had the ingenious idea, the vision and the energy to start the project to create a National Ambulance Centre in order the rescue Haitian population.

Started with a donation of 30 ambulances https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3623-haiti-health-30-ambulances-and-360-tons-of-medicines-donation-of-brazil.html the CAN, part of the Ministry has done since, enormous progress. Today, CAN is present in 7 departments with about 700 employees across the country and 72 ambulances in total (with their medical staff) has grown from a single service to a autonomous Directorate General.

Centre staff (53% women) demonstrated unparalleled dedication. Tireless, employees take turns working 24/7 to serve the Haitian people and save as many lives as possible.

In addition, the CAN has a call center and emergency medical regulation, a training service for its staff, a statistical service and Informatics, support staff, management and administrative staff.

CAN encourages people to dial 116 for free only in case of emergency, from any network to benefit from its services.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12740-haiti-health-10-new-ambulances-for-the-can.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5115-haiti-health-inauguration-of-national-ambulance-center-can.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4831-haiti-health-new-public-network-of-ambulance-to-respond-to-emergencies.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3623-haiti-health-30-ambulances-and-360-tons-of-medicines-donation-of-brazil.html

HL/ PI/ HaitiLibre