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malaise

(291,413 posts)
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 05:59 PM Friday

Thank you Doctors without Borders

https://www.msf.org/msf-supports-repair-cornwall-regional-hospital-roof-following-hurricane-melissa

MONTEGO BAY - The roof of the Cornwall Regional hospital, in Jamaica, has been fully restored just three weeks after it was destroyed by hurricane Melissa. With funding from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Jamaican contractors repaired 1,434 m² of roofing. This marks a significant milestone in the hospital’s recovery plan and allows the resumption of minimal operating capacity in selected wards.

Hurricane Melissa caused extensive damage to the facility, with 81 per cent of the hospital’s total roof surface damaged or blown off. Critical areas—including the accident and emergency, and maternal health wards, and the laboratory and nursery—were affected, leading to severe flooding and rendering many parts of the hospital inoperable.

Working alongside emergency authorities, hospital management, parish health authorities, and local contractors, MSF organised and funded the reconstruction effort. The Pan American Health Organization also contributed.

“With the Cornwall Regional hospital roofs completed, authorities can now focus on restoring the hospital to its pre-Melissa capacity,” says Estifanos
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Truly amazing work
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Thank you Doctors without Borders (Original Post) malaise Friday OP
Wow! Many thanks to them! SheltieLover Friday #1
I am a supporter of Doctors Without Borders and have been for years..a truly remarkable group Deuxcents Friday #2
THIS malaise Friday #3
I agree. I have donated for years also. LoisB Friday #4
I just got a beanie from them Jilly_in_VA Friday #5
So true malaise Friday #6

Deuxcents

(24,895 posts)
2. I am a supporter of Doctors Without Borders and have been for years..a truly remarkable group
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 06:03 PM
Friday

Of selfless people who go into the most dire of situations. Angels on Earth..

Jilly_in_VA

(13,571 posts)
5. I just got a beanie from them
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 07:13 PM
Friday

Sent them some money. I like MSF. It's one of the few charities I can feel good about supporting.

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