Gunfire Forces Patients and Doctors to Abandon Port-au-Prince Sanatorium

Patients and medical practitioners are deserting the sanatorium premises due to the escalating gang activities in the Carrefour-Feuilles vicinity, as revealed by Dr. Jean Ardouin Louis Charles. The functioning of the medical center has been brought to a standstill, as some patients rely on this specialized hospital for treating pulmonary infections.

"The patients who fail to adhere to their medication regimen pose not only a threat to themselves but also to the entire community," stressed Jean Ardouin Louis Charles, the director of the sanatorium. "The treatment for tuberculosis spans six months; when a person with tuberculosis doesn't consistently take their prescribed medication, they run the risk of developing drug resistance, rendering the treatment ineffective. At that juncture, the disease can spread to those in their vicinity. Moreover, those who contract tuber

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