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Doctors Without Borders Evacuates Hospital Amid Port-au-Prince Gang Violence

5/13/2026

Center

MSF Evacuates Hospital

Hundreds of Port-au-Prince residents crowded into a single clinic as gang clashes intensified in the capital’s populated Cité Soleil district.
Doctors Without Borders evacuated the Cité Soleil hospital and halted services amid ongoing gunfire in Port-au-Prince.
Over 800 patients, pregnant women and newborns, were sheltered as UN officials reported thousands displaced.
A security guard was wounded by stray fire while the city’s health network further collapsed.

Right

MSF Evacuates

Rhum Barbancourt CEO Delphine Gardère posted a video condemning gang fighting and urging police protection for the airport and roads.
Doctors Without Borders evacuated its Cité Soleil hospital in Port-au-Prince and suspended operations as gunfire continued.
Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime said election will be delayed six months over unmet security.
Local businesses, like the distillery, urged prime minister to repair roads and protect the airport.

Blindspot

Center coverage emphasized the scale of civilian displacement, noting 1.45 million internally displaced persons and that more than 800 refugees—including pregnant women and newborns—sought shelter in the MSF clinic, a detail absent from Right coverage.
Center coverage also highlighted the direct health impact, such as the city’s health network shutdown and a security-guard injury, which Right coverage did not mention.

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MSF Evacuates Hospital

Hundreds of Port-au-Prince residents crowded into a single clinic as gang clashes intensified in the capital’s populated Cité Soleil district.
Doctors Without Borders evacuated the Cité Soleil hospital and halted services amid ongoing gunfire in Port-au-Prince.
Over 800 patients, pregnant women and newborns, were sheltered as UN officials reported thousands displaced.
A security guard was wounded by stray fire while the city’s health network further collapsed.

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