New Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille was on Saturday rushed to hospital following “a slight illness,” but was in a stable condition, a government statement said.
“After a week of intense activity,” Conille “suffered a slight illness on the afternoon of Saturday June 8, 2024, and went to hospital for treatment,” the statement by the prime minister’s press office said late in the evening.
“His condition is currently stable,” it added.
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The prime minister had suffered an “asthma attack” and would possibly be transported out of the country for treatment, a government source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Conille, 58, was appointed to the position by Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council on May 29 and was sworn in only on Monday.
A medical doctor by training, Conille had served as prime minister from Oct. 18, 2011, to May 16, 2012, and until recently was UN Children’s Fund regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The job before him is monumental: to relieve the political, security and humanitarian crises devastating the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and to pave the way for the first elections since 2016.
Since his appointment, he has been holding a series of meetings with stakeholders and representatives, while working with the council on forming a cabinet.
Conille thanked the presidential councilors for visiting him in hospital and said he “welcomes the public’s expressions of affection,” the press office statement said.
Before his collapse on Saturday, Conille visited the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, praising the efforts of the security forces which had enabled flights to resume after being halted for more than three months due to gang attacks.
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