The crisis in Haiti has reached such a severe level that nothing is shocking anymore. The report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the gang attacks in Kenscoff went almost unnoticed both within the country and internationally. The report recorded, in just two months, at least 262 deaths and 66 injuries, about 200 homes destroyed or burned, and more than 3,000 internally displaced persons.

During the same week, the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), which helps keep Haiti’s healthcare system alive, announced the closure of two of its hospitals, in Turgeau and Carrefour, due to the deteriorating security situation. The news was picked up by the media, and then life went on. It is unknown whether efforts are being made privately to avoid the prolonged closure of these two hospitals.