Haiti's newly appointed Prime Minister Garry Conille has been discharged from hospital after treatment for an undisclosed condition, and has vowed to prioritise health care in the stricken country.
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In a video published on YouTube, Conille said he felt well and was "ready" to continue to help steer Haiti out of its security crisis.
In his video, Conille said: "The whole time I was at the hospital, I was thinking of something: People that need to go to the general hospital can't get there (due to widespread violence). People who need health care can't afford it."
Gang violence remains relentless in the Caribbean country, with three police officers killed on Sunday and a fourth one missing, according to Synapoha, a police union. The officers were part of a new anti-gang unit, it said.
The violence has forced roughly 60 per cent of hospitals in the capital city's metropolitan area to close, while gangs also loot and burn pharmacies and doctors are forced to stay at home on some days to avoid dangerous clashes between gangs.
Conille arrived in Haiti on June 1 after a transitional council selected him as the nation's new prime minister. He had been working outside the country as UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
His predecessor, Ariel Henry, was forced to resign in April, following coordinated attacks by gangs that seized police stations, raided prisons and fired on the nation's main international airport while Henry was on an official trip to Kenya.
The Haitian government is now awaiting the UN-backed deployment of a police force from Kenya and other countries.
A person close to Conille, an asthmatic, told media he was with the prime minister when he noticed Conille, appeared to have trouble breathing.
The person said he called high-ranking officials and told them Conille needed to be taken to the hospital.After
Australian Associated Press
