Giraldo G

Language: English
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ABSTRACT

In 2004, the final death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Jeanne was recorded at 3,006; of these, 2,826 in Gonaїves, a city floating in ruins. The road to Gonaїves was washed out, leaving the city and the department of Artibonite cut off for days from the rest of the country. Dr Juan Carlos Chávez, who headed the Cuban medical team in Haiti at the time, recalls that 17 Cuban health professionals were working in the area when the storm barrelled through, among the 400 already serving in the country. They were later joined by another 72 doctors, nurses, technicians and engineers sent directly from Cuba.

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