destine

“I’m the only surgeon over there,” said Dr. Edward Destine, an orthopedic surgeon, waving toward a temporary operating room of corrugated tin set up near the airport in Les Cayes.

Taking a break from tending to the injured, Dr. Destine, the orthopedic surgeon, was trying to get his own father, also a surgeon, to the United States for treatment.

Dr. Destine said he expected thousands of people to get potentially deadly infections unless proper supplies were delivered in time.

“My parents are Haitian,” she said, adding that she was raised in Haitian dance culture — her teacher, Marie Edith Jean, was a disciple of the esteemed Jean-León Destiné.

The Mexican president said Biden repeated his proposal to destine $4 billion for that purpose in the region.