https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt LA Times Article en-us 2016-11-17 16:25:41 UTC 2016-11-18 00:12:05 UTC hello@padlet.com kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138465223 2016-11-17 16:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138465223 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138465312 2016-11-17 16:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138465312 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138586703 "On a busy day, the Rosalind Rendu Pediatric Clinic deep inside Cité Soleil, a densely populated slum in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, is crammed with some 300 patients by 7 a.m.  Mothers come with babies and toddlers suffering a gamut of illnesses, from coughs and fever to skin infections and malnutrition."]]> 2016-11-17 23:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138586703 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138587212 So far 4 public hospitals have closed down and those who are staggering by the strike are going along without the main doctors and interns who have walked out of the job ]]> 2016-11-17 23:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138587212 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588090 "“The public healthcare system is just deplorable in Haiti,” said Carroll, who founded Haitian Hearts"]]> 2016-11-17 23:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588090 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588178  “It was bad even before the hospitals went on strike. But it's the only thing the majority of poor people had to turn to.” said Carroll.]]> 2016-11-17 23:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588178 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588229 About 40% of the population lacks access to essential health and nutrition services]]> 2016-11-17 23:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588229 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588347 only 45% of all children between 12 and 23 months old are fully vaccinated, according to USAID.]]> 2016-11-17 23:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588347 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588387 Public expenditure for health represents only 10% of all health financing for the country, and there are as few as four health professionals per 10,000 people, according to the agency.]]> 2016-11-17 23:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588387 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588513  “The hospital has now become so dysfunctional and too expensive for the person in the slum to afford.” Carroll said]]> 2016-11-17 23:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588513 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588578 "For the poor, strikes “are frequently a death sentence when they become ill,” Carroll said.]]> 2016-11-17 23:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588578 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588665 Thimothe told the AP that at least three deaths, including a pregnant woman who died outside the State University hospital's gates, have been attributed to the strike. But Carroll said the toll was likely much higher.]]> 2016-11-17 23:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588665 kglindley181 https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588830 No medical care for the poor]]> 2016-11-17 23:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kglindley181/kjiwaxroiqvt/wish/138588830