A decision that can be fatal. The announcement made by Donald Trump, this Tuesday, June 3, with respect to the prohibition of the US territory for nationals of twelve countries, including Haiti, endangers the fate of sick children. As of this Monday, June 9, it will be forbidden to enter the United States, with a sports exception, but medical cases have not been mentioned.
However, as NBC News explains, the International Cardiac Alliance would soon bring some young Haitian patients, among the 300 children in the country that deals, for urgent surgical interventions.
At the moment, there are five places available in the United States for these patients, but the recent presidential decree avoids its arrival. The doctors responsible for these operations alert about the situation that, if no solution is found, can lead to the death of several patients.
“Some of them may be waiting for a few months, and others, if they don’t leave now, they will die very fast,” News Owen Robinson, general director of the NBC News International Cardiac Alliance, told NBC.
Logistics commitment for Haitian patients
If this decision of the Trump shower administration the hopes of doctors, it is because the arrival of Haitian patients in the United States is particularly technical.
When a child can be operated in other countries, but the international heart alliance wants to carry out an intervention in the United States, visas that maintain the necessary time for the patient, as well as for their family, should be requested.
And according to the doctors of the Association, the rare exceptions planned for the headlines of certain visas and for people whose trip to the United States “attends national interest”, do not concern Haitian children.
Lack of attention in Haiti
Summarized to act for the heart alliance, the United States embassy in Haiti recently said that it would probably not be “capable of” issuing visas. In the past, the state agency has delivered visas to Haitian children several times so they can go to the United States to be treated.
Also according to NBC News citing the words of Owen Robinson, the Vermont representative’s office, Becca Balint, proposed to contact the State Department to see if these children can benefit from a repeal.
Since the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, has experienced a lack of medical attention. In a few years, gang violence has intensified.
William O’Neill, an expert appointed by the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights, said the Haitian people “pays the high price of [cette] Violence to see your right to health seriously hindered. The spread of diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis is an additional source of concern. “
Source: BFM TV
