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A truck parked in Port-au-Prince in September 2022. Many trucks have not been transporting water due to a gas shortage and the water scarcity is the likely cause of the latest cholera outbreak in Haiti, according to health experts. Photo by Marvens Compere for The Haitian Times

CAP-HAITIEN — The first cholera patient who arrived at the GHESKIO health center Monday was practically dead. The 22-year-old woman’s heart was not beating, her blood pressure was near zero, she could not urinate because she was severely dehydrated and she was extremely thin, Dr. Jean William Pape, GHESKIO’S director said. 

GHESKIO’s healthcare workers performed a cardiac massage and rehydrated the woman during her two-day stay at the center. Dr. Pape is not authorized to disclose the patient’s identity.

Overview:

Some Haitians do not yet believe cholera returned to their country. They believe, without proof, the government is pushing health officials to spread misinformation about cholera to scare demonstrators into lifting the lockdown.

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Onz Chery is a Haiti correspondent for The Haitian Times. Chery started his journalism career as a City College of New York student with The Campus. He later wrote for First Touch, local soccer leagues in New York and Elite Sports New York before joining The Haitian Times in 2019.