Republished March 20, 2017 - 4:03 PM
Original Publication Date March 20, 2017 - 2:21 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A new hospital opened Monday in a remote section of southern Haiti where residents once had to travel for hours on rutted roads to reach a relatively well equipped medical centre.
In a statement, the non-profit group CMMB-Healthier Lives Worldwide said the health centre in the isolated coastal community of Cotes-de-Fer will serve more than 50,000 people who previously did not have access to decent care.
A U.S. organization in Kentucky and Ohio called Mercy Health provided $2 million for construction costs.
Haiti's health ministry will provide technical and support staff. Local community members donated the land for the facility.
Dr. Dianne Jean Francois, CMMB's country director in Haiti, said the hospital will "strengthen the local health system in a long-term and sustainable way."
News from © The Associated Press, 2017