LIKE ALL GOVERNMENTS DON’T WANT
TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.
>> THANKS FOR THAT REPORTING.
AND I WANT TO BRING IN THE HEAD
OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS IN
HAITI.
SOPHIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS ON THE
GROUND RIGHT NOW IN
PORT-au-PRINCE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A CITY THAT HAS
SEEN HIGH NUMBER OF INJURED
PEOPLE AND DISPLACED THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE SINCE THE LAST TEN
DAYS.
AND AS WE KNOW THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY WE KNOW FOR ONE MONTH.
>> SO IT IS A STATE OF CHAOS AND
VIOLENCE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE?
>> THERE IS IN SOME OF THE
QUARTERS, DESERTED POPULATION
TRYING TO MOVE INTO SEVERAL
PLACES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DISPLACED
PEOPLE IN SOME AREAS IN THE
SCHOOLS OR IN THE PLACES, OPEN
PLACES.
SO THE POPULATION IS TRYING TO
FIND A SAFER PLACE TO MOVE AND
DO NOT STAY IN BETWEEN THE
SITUATION
SITUATION.
>> AND JUST SO TRAGIC BECAUSE
THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES THAT
THE DISPLACED POPULATION CAN GO
TO AND NOT FIND CHAOS AND
VIOLENCE.
YOUR ORGANIZATION RECENTLY
SHARED THE RESULTS OF A
MORTALITY SURVEY FROM THE SUMMER
AND IT FOUND THAT MORE THAN 40%
OF DEATHS IN HAITI HAVE BEEN
CAUSED BY VIOLENCE.
HOW MUCH WORSE HAS IT GOTTEN IN
THE LAST 48 HOURS OR SO?
>> I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL
YOU THE TOTAL.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
CONSEQUENCES THAT WE’RE SEEING
AND FACING HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE WE VHAVE A HOSPITAL
RUNNING FURIOUS NOW. IT WAS 750 BEDS CAPACITY.
AND WE HAD TO INCREASE 25%, SO
NOW AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD TO
INCREASE HOURS BECAUSE WE HAD
MORE PATIENTS AND MORE VICTIMS
TO COME ALSO.
SO WE HAVE TO INCREASE CAPACITY
BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE IS A HIGH
NUMBER OF INJURED PEOPLE COMING
DAY BY DAY.
>> JUST TO THINK THE INCREASED
CAPACITY WHEN YOU ARE LITERALLY
UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AND
CONDITIONS THAT THE REST OF THE POPULATION IS LIVING UNDER.
SO HOW CAN THE WORLD HELP HAITI?
>> TO TRY TO FIND A WAY THAT WE
CAN HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING.
BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE ARE FACING A
LOT OF ISSUES AND CONSEQUENCES
IS THE HIGH VIOLENCE WE ARE
HAVING HERE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE PEACE AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE POPULATION
CAN LIVE IN PEACE AND BE
PEACEFULLY IN THE TOWN.
AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO HAVE A
LOT OF HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
BECAUSE AS EVERYTHING IS CLOSED
AS YOU MENTIONED, AIRPORT
CLOSED, PORT CLOSED ALSO, SO ALL
THE SUPPLY IS FADING.
WE HAVE THE HOSPITAL, WE HAVE
STOCK IN PHARMACY FOR SURE, BUT
IF WE DON’T HAVE DOLLARS TO FILL
THE STOCK.
AND SO WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE
OUTSIDE TO BRING SUPPLY.
>> SOPHIE, I THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US.
IT IS ON A REGULAR DAY A VERY
DIFFICULT JOB THAT YOU AND THE
ORGANIZATION CARRY OUT.