The General Hospital Soon Provisionally Operational in Another Location

Back in the country after participating in the 76th assembly of the World Health Organization, the Minister of Public Health announced this Monday, June 8, 2025, a set of measures adopted to make healthcare more accessible in Haiti. Among the announced decisions is the provisional relocation of the General Hospital.

Closed since the invasion of gangs in the lower part of the city, the State University Hospital of Haiti will be operational in the coming days. Without giving a precise date, Dr. Bernard announced that essential services will be operational to allow the population access to care.

He guarantees that other hospitals in the metropolitan area will soon be operational to continue providing healthcare to the population. (Choscal and Chapi) in Cité Soleil are among the centers that will reopen their doors, he indicated.

Furthermore, the head of the MSPP announced that the prices for a C-section in all public hospitals are now set at twelve (12) thousand gourdes, and childbirth at one thousand gourdes; on the Haitian border, it is free. Dr. Bertrand stated that no woman should die giving birth to a baby. «No woman should lose her life giving life,» he insisted.

He asks the population to ensure that these measures are respected throughout the national territory. «Everyone is allowed to alert the ministry to any deviation from these provisions in hospitals,» the minister stated.

While recalling the main missions of the Ministry of Public Health and Population, Dr. Sinal Bertrand renewed his commitment to continue working to make healthcare more accessible to the population with respect and dignity.

«Haiti must not die,» he concluded.

Gédéon Delva