Haiti's hospitals close to collapse as fuel remains scarce
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate to have her infant son Pierre admitted to hospital to treat his anemia and diarrhea, Mirlande Cherie set out two weeks ago on an odyssey to find a medical facility that had not already been shuttered by Haiti's fuel shortages. Cherie rode on the back of a motorcycle with Pierre in her arms as one hospital after another in the capital Port-au-Prince told her they did not have enough diesel to run generators that ensure electricity in the Caribbean nation. On Wednesday, she finally arrived at the La Paix University Hospit...