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Haiti Health System Nears Collapse As Medicine Dwindles, Gangs Attack Hospitals And Ports Stay Shut

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The city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti is the subject of this news article. During a recent morning in a hospital located in the center of gang-infested territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman experienced convulsions followed by a loss of consciousness, prompting a doctor and two nurses to swiftly intervene in an attempt to save her.

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Haiti Health System Nears Collapse As Medicine Dwindles, Gangs Attack Hospitals And Ports Stay Shut

Electrodes were attached to her chest and an oxygen machine was activated, while the observers monitored a computer screen displaying a critically low oxygen level of 84%.

The cause of her ailment remained unknown to everyone.

Additionally, there is a severe lack of crucial medications used to treat seizures at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum.

“We have a severe shortage of the medication that she urgently requires,” stated Dr. Rachel Lavigne, a physician affiliated with the medical aid organization.

Every day, at hospitals and clinics throughout Port-au-Prince, a similar situation unfolds. Vital medication and equipment are becoming scarce or completely unavailable due to the increasing control of ruthless gangs over the capital and surrounding areas. They have obstructed roadways, compelled the early closure of the primary international airport in March, and halted operations at the nation’s largest seaport, where containers containing essential supplies are still immobile.

“All systems are experiencing a complete failure,” Lavigne stated.

The health system in Haiti has historically been vulnerable, but it is currently on the verge of complete collapse following the coordinated assaults by gangs on February 29th, which specifically targeted essential facilities in the capital and surrounding areas.

Due to the violence, numerous medical institutions and dialysis clinics, including Haiti’s primary public hospital, have been compelled to shut down. Situated in the heart of Port-au-Prince, the Hospital of the State University of Haiti was scheduled to resume operations on April 1 following its closure during the onset of the onslaught. However, there has been a compromise of the facility due to gang infiltration.

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Haiti Health System Nears Collapse As Medicine Dwindles, Gangs Attack Hospitals And Ports Stay Shut

An escalating state of disorder has resulted in an increasing number of individuals suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other severe diseases being left without any viable options for treatment. Additionally, criminal gangs have been pillaging and setting ablaze pharmacies located in the central district of the capital city.

Doctors Without Borders has depleted its supply of certain pharmaceuticals often used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma. Additionally, Lavigne reported that asthma inhalers, which are essential for preventing life-threatening attacks, are currently unavailable in the capital.

According to her, the medical personnel at the Doctors Without Borders facility made an attempt to rescue a youngster suffering from a severe asthma attack by administering oxygen. The previous treatment was ineffective, as was an alternative medicine. Ultimately, they administered him with adrenaline, a medication employed in critical situations to manage anaphylactic shock.

“We engage in improvisation and exert our utmost effort for the individuals present,” Lavigne stated.

Doctors Without Borders project coordinator Jacob Burns cautioned that the unavailability of regular medicines for chronic diseases is causing a decline in people’s health.

“The situation worsens and they exhaust all available alternatives,” he stated. Currently, there is a limited range of choices available to specific individuals.

Due to the urgent demand for medical assistance, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Cite Soleil has been compelled to reduce the daily number of outpatients it attends to from 150 to 50, as stated by Burns. However, all emergency cases are still promptly addressed.

Every day, numerous individuals queue outside the hospital, exposing themselves to the danger of being shot by gang members who dominate the vicinity, all in anticipation of receiving medical attention.

Access to the hospital compound is granted to all individuals, however, the medical personnel have established a triage system to ascertain which 50 individuals will receive medical attention. Burns requested that individuals with less pressing need come back on a different day.

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On Friday morning, a 51-year-old individual named Jean Marc Baptiste entered the emergency room with a blood-soaked bandage wrapped over his right hand. He claimed that the day before, while he was gathering firewood to sell as kindling in an area where criminal organizations predominate, law enforcement officers in a heavily protected vehicle fired at him.

Upon entering, the staff proceeded to remove the bandage, exposing a significant laceration on his thumb, causing him to cry out in agony. Lavigne advised him to seek the services of a plastic surgeon, which the hospital lacks, and requested X-rays to confirm the absence of a fracture.

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Canada Fisheries Officers Seize Elvers Worth $500K at Toronto Airport

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The seized elvers are worth between $400,000 and $500,000: CTV News

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) officers and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers seized roughly 109 kg of unlawful elvers at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The elvers were scheduled to be transferred overseas.

The seized elvers are worth between $400,000 and $500,000.

An investigation into this matter for violations of the Fisheries Act is currently underway.

“The magnitude of this elver seizure is an important development,” said Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, in a statement. “It reflects not only the work of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, but also the collaborative efforts of many other government agencies and departments.

“Once again, our message is crystal clear: do not travel to Nova Scotia to illegally fish or export elvers this year, enforcement officers will be waiting for you.”

This seizure was the product of a coordinated operation combining officials from the DFO’s Conservation & Protection Directorate and the National Fisheries Intelligence Service, as well as the CBSA Commercial Operations District and intelligence teams.

The federal government banned the lucrative elver fishery on March 11 following violence and intimidation during last year’s fishing season in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Elvers are often flown to Asia and grown to maturity before being sold for food, with mature eels utilized in unagi dishes at sushi restaurants.

The baby eels are valued approximately $5,000 per kilogram, more than lobsters, scallops, or salmon, making them the most valuable fish by weight in Canada.

The DFO announced in March that no elver fishing would take place this year due to safety and conservation concerns. So far, cops have made 149 arrests and seized around 207.7 kg of elvers.

According to federal data, 149 people have been arrested for elver-related crimes this year, with approximately 208 kilos recovered.

Elvers, the fascinating baby eels

Elvers, the fascinating baby eels

Elvers are tiny, transparent young eels that migrate from the ocean into freshwater rivers and streams. These little snake-like organisms make an astonishing journey, swimming thousands of miles to their destination. Elvers perform an important role in the life cycle of eels, eventually maturing into the adult eels we know.

Their migration is a spectacular natural spectacle. Elvers crawl in large groups upstream, overcoming barriers such as waterfalls and dams. Once in freshwater, they will mature for years before returning to the sea to breed and repeat the cycle. Elvers face numerous dangers, including habitat loss and over fishing, making conservation efforts critical for these extraordinary migratory.

 

 

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CNN Pay Tribute to Alice Stewart: A Very Special Woman Dead at 58

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Alice Stewart, a longtime political strategist and CNN political pundit who worked on multiple Republican presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer joins Jessica Dean to reflect on Stewart as a friend and coworker.

According to law enforcement officials, Stewart’s body was discovered outside in the Belle View community of northern Virginia early Saturday morning. There is no indication of foul play, and officers assume a medical emergency occurred.

“Alice was a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN,” CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson wrote in an email to employees Saturday. “A political veteran and Emmy Award-winning journalist who brought an exceptional spark to CNN’s coverage, known throughout our bureaus not only for her political acumen, but also for her unfailing kindness. Our emotions are heavy as we lament such a great loss.”

Alice Stewart was born March 11, 1966, in Atlanta.

Stewart began her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia before relocating to Little Rock, Arkansas, to become a news anchor, she told Harvard International Review. She went on to work as the communications director for then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee before taking on a similar role for his presidential campaign in 2008.

She previously worked as the communications director for former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s 2012 Republican presidential campaign, as well as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a former CNN analyst. Stewart most recently served as the communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 GOP campaign.

“Alice was wonderful, talented, and a dear friend,” Cruz wrote in a post on X. “She lived every day to the fullest, and she will be deeply missed.”

CNN hired Stewart as a political pundit ahead of the 2016 election, and she appeared on “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” as recently as Friday to provide insight on the day’s political headlines.

“We always invited her to come on my show because we knew we would be a little bit smarter at the end of that conversation,” Blitzer stated to Jessica Dean on “CNN Newsroom.” “She helped our viewers better appreciate what was going on and that’s why we will miss her so much.”

Alice Stewart: A Very Special Woman Dead at 58

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Diddy Won’t Be Prosecuted Over Cassie Ventura Hotel Video

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Sean “Diddy” Combs won’t be prosecuted over a 2016 video: Image Fox News

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Sean “Diddy” Combs will not face charges in connection with a 2016 video that appears to show him abusing then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel.

“We find the images extremely disturbing and difficult to watch,” the office of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón posted on Instagram Friday (May 17). “If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, unfortunately we would be unable to charge as the conduct would have occurred beyond the timeline where a crime of assault can be prosecuted.”

Combs appears to push Ventura to the ground near an elevator bank, kick her multiple times while she is on the ground, and pull her down a hallway in the footage, which CNN received on March 5, 2016.

According to the statement, law enforcement has not presented the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office with “a case related to the attack depicted in the video against Mr. Combs, but we encourage anyone who has been a victim or witness to a crime to report it to law enforcement or reach out to our office for support from our Bureau of Victims Services.”

The video’s contents resemble an assault complaint Ventura made in a now-settled lawsuit against Diddy in November, in which she also claimed one incidence of rape and another of Combs forcing her to have sex with male sex workers while he masturbated.

“The gut-wrenching video has only confirmed Mr. Combs’ disturbing and predatory behavior,” said Ventura’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, in a statement to Billboard. “Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”

Ventura and Combs had an on-and-off romance for 11 years until splitting in 2018. In the lawsuit, she claimed she met Combs in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37. After signing with his Bad Boy Records company, Ventura alleged that Combs “lured” her into a sexual relationship in which he “asserted complete control” over her life.

Combs has faced four further sexual misconduct complaints after Ventura filed hers late last year. The entrepreneur resigned as chairman of his digital media business Revolt in November, and he reportedly sold his interest in the company in March. Also in March, federal officials raided Combs’ houses in Los Angeles and Miami “in connection” with a federal sex trafficking probe, CNN reported.

Combs has flatly denied all allegations of sexual assault leveled against him. “Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged,” he declared in a statement shared on social media on December 6. “I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”

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Sean “Diddy” Combs

Sean “Diddy” Combs is a multi-talented mogul who has made his mark in music, fashion, and business. Born in Harlem, he began his career as a talent director at Uptown Records. Combs later created his own label, Bad Boy Records, which launched the careers of musicians such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige.

His debut album, “No Way Out,” achieved multi-platinum success, cementing his reputation as a rapper and producer. Diddy expanded his business interests, launching the apparel line Sean John and investing in beverage businesses such as Ciroc and DeLeon. With an estimated net worth of $900 million, he is one of hip-hop’s wealthiest individuals.

Combs is a presence in Hollywood, appearing in films and television series while also influencing music and society. His commercial savvy, paired with his musical talents, have elevated him to the status of rap icon.

Source: Billboard

 

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