The Embassy of Haiti in the Dominican Republic informs that on Sunday, December 1, 2024, 26 compatriots working on a farm in Pedernales, including two minors, suffered from vomiting and dizziness, a few minutes after drinking a fruit juice https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-43756-haiti-flash-26-haitians-poisoned-in-dr-after-drinking-juice.html and were transported by their employer to the Taiwan hospital in Azua.

On the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a delegation from the Consulate of Haiti in Barahona quickly went to the scene to provide consular assistance to the victims.

"According to initial information, this incident was caused by the unconsciousness of an employee who prepared the juice served to these farm workers in a dirty container," the Haitian Embassy said.

The regional hospital in Taiwan in Azua reported that the Haitians had been treated for symptoms of organophosphate poisoning. Organophosphate poisoning is caused by the irreversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and the accumulation of acetylcholine. It is due to skin contact, inhalation or penetration through the digestive tract of pesticides containing these compounds... It causes nausea, vomiting, excessive salivation and involuntary muscle contractions.

The Embassy informs that it is in contact with the Dominican authorities so that all light is shed on this unfortunate incident while the team of the Haitian consulate in Barahona is mobilized alongside the victims until their convalescence.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-43756-haiti-flash-26-haitians-poisoned-in-dr-after-drinking-juice.html

HL/ HaitiLibre