Haiti - Health : First Lady visits La Saline Medical-Social Center
On Friday, the First Lady of Haiti Martine Moïse, accompanied by Dr. Greta Roy, the Minister of Public Health (MSPP) visited the Saline Medico-Social Center to inquire about the work needed to the rehabilitation of this hospital center serving this vast disadvantaged area to the west of Port-au-Prince.
In the presence of various personalities including the Ambassador of Taiwan (Republic of China) accredited in Haiti, Guillaume Cheng-hao Hu and executives of MSPP and the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA), Martine Moïse lamented the conditions in which the community of La Saline lives where a single outpatient clinic whose building on the physical and structural level is in a pitiful state observed the First Lady.
She promised to advocate for the families of this slum, who do not have access to safe drinking water, as well as the hospital that is of the utmost importance.
At the end of the visit, Mrs. Moïse and the Center's staff discussed a number of other problems facing the La Saline Health and Social Center, including the problems of insalubrity and the possibility of making the the various departments of the hospital.
