Médecins Sans Frontières - Haiti - Earthquake response in Les Cayes

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB106020

Date taken / Date Recorded 12/10/2021 2:29 PM

Country Haiti

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Pierre Fromentin

Copyright Pierre Fromentin/MSF

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Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m4s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1080px 302.61 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist GFX: Prunau Mimose, MSF nurse supervisor

I took a look in the emergency room. It was upside down. People were suffering. There was blood everywhere

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On August 14, 2021,
southern Haiti was hit
by a massive earthquake.

Prunau Mimose, MSF nurse supervisor

In Port-au-Prince, when I felt the tremors, I didn't imagine that there would be so much damage. I just thought it looked like an earthquake and went about my business.

GFX: Carla Melki, emergency coordinator

MSF was fortunate to be able to intervene from the very first days of the earthquake, as we had a surgical team active in Port au Prince, which was able to be deployed immediately with teams and equipment.

We first arrived at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Jérémie, where we helped the hospital manage the massive influx of injured people of the first days.
A few days later, we started to intervene at at the Immaculée Conception hospital in the South department, which is the department most affected by the earthquake.

Prunau Mimose, MSF nurse supervisor

I didn't expect to see so many injured. The victims were scattered on the hospital courtyard on the ground. I took a look in the emergency room, it was upside down, people were suffering; there was blood everywhere; It hurt me deep inside.

Carla Melki, emergency coordinator

What we saw in the first days of our presence in these departments was a large influx of volunteers who came to support the affected departments on their own. So, for us, there is really this Haitian citizen response from the health workers.

Today, there are still major challenges in terms of follow-up care. Since the first surgical operations were able to be carried out, today post-operative care and other procedures are necessary to take these patients towards recovery and enable them to be as mobile as possible following the earthquake.

Haiti - Earthquake response in Les Cayes_ENG

Haiti - Earthquake response in Les Cayes_ENG