Since January 2010, our patients suffering from MDRTB are treated in tents in our center in Tabarre, GHESKIO-IMIS", said Dr. William Pape, reminding that the hospital managed by the GHESKIO the sanatorium Siguenau (Léogâne) where these patients were treated also collapsed during the earthquake.
Since then, Haiti has, across the country, has two centers capable of treating such patients: Partners in Health in the Central Plateau and GHESKIO. At GHESKIO, each patient was placed under a single tent to prevent transmission of this serious infectiou
The GHESKIO Centres inaugurate their TB treatment hospital
The GHESKIO Centres, directed by Dr. William Pape, inaugurated on Monday, March 23rd, in Tabarre, the "Ludwig Pavilion", a hospital for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB). Foreign experts in tuberculosis and infectious diseases, from prestigious medical schools and research centers, attended the inaugural ceremony, five years after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 destroyed the main hospital for tuberculosis Port-au-Prince as well as the general health infrastructure.
Par Le Nouvelliste
27 mars 2015 | Lecture : 3 min.