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Blog

Tragedy Strikes at COVID-19 Center

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Courtney

An emergency message from CEO Jean Marc deMatteis:

In the early hours on Monday, high winds caused a large tree to fall on the COVID-19 Treatment Center at HAS.

A staff nurse was injured and required hospitalization at HAS. Thankfully he is expected to make a full recovery from the injuries sustained. Miraculously, no patients were injured and while damage to the building was significant, the center remains operational.

This is a huge blow as the team and staff at HAS worked so hard to remodel this building in record time to get it up and running to treat COVID-19 patients.

Designated an official COVID-19 treatment site by the Haitian Ministry of Health, HAS began receiving suspected COVID-19 cases in April. Currently, our team is treating 9 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4 suspected cases. The number of COVID-19 cases is rising rapidly across the country.

As we cope with the challenge of COVID-19, this serves as a stark reminder that the arrival of the 2020 hurricane season may complicate response efforts all over Haiti.

We will not let this discourage us from our mission. You empower us to turn setbacks into successes and make miracles happen for our patients.

If you are able to help today, please consider a donation to help repair our COVID-19 Center, providing a safe place for patients to recover.

Sincerely,

Jean Marc deMatteis
CEO

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One thought on “Tragedy Strikes at COVID-19 Center”

  1. Jocelyne Barthelus Augustin says:
    June 8, 2020 at 8:37 am

    I did forget what age I was,my dad brought me at that hospital ,I had typhoid fever,I think,it was in 1970-71,5-6 years old I was treated very well,I am thinking at HAS

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