France’s impoverished Indian Ocean place of Mayotte is also struggling to count the dead, restore vital services, and help a beleaguered people one week after its worst storm in almost a era, and a time after a bloody political visit. Cyclone Chido wreaked disaster across the island. Already stretched thin, facilities are overrun with people suffering not only from cyclone-related accidents but also from thirst, hunger and illness. At Mayotte’s major hospital in the capital, Mamoudzou, physicians faced a sequence of problems. ” We lost 40 % of individual rooms, about 50 to 60 mattresses”, said Dr. Roger Serhal, commander of the obstetrics and gynecology office. ” There are so many patients coming to the hospital, and we don’t have space to admit them “.As Chido battered the archipelago last weekend with 220 kph ( 136 mph ) winds, Serhal and his team delivered three babies, including by cesarean section. The patient’s structural destruction has forced employees to triage patients, prioritizing the most serious cases. The number of severely damaged has increased to 78, with 2, 432 people suffering minor injuries, despite the official death toll still standing at 35, according to the European Interior Ministry on Saturday. According to Health Minister Geneviève Darrieussecq, any estimates are likely to be significant undercounts “in light of the magnitude of the devastation.” Since the storm, 31 plenty of foods and 108 tons of water have arrived, with an extra 1.6 million liters of water expected Monday aboard a vessel ship, according to the Interior Ministry. 1: 48
Cyclone Chido: Drone video shows magnitude of damage in MayotteThe clinic is operating at 50 % power, while 109 people have been evacuated to land France for immediate treatment. Three sophisticated health messages have been established on Grande-Terre, Mayotte’s key area, to address the surge in want. The wind has destroyed full neighborhoods. Some people ignored cautions, thinking the storm wouldn’t be so serious. Even worse, some workers avoided homes out of dread of imprisonment, officials said, adding there could be hundreds or potentially thousands of mortality. Doctors worry that the lack of clear water and electricity, which are made worse by the packed living conditions, is making the situation for a health crisis worse. ” People are coming because their symptoms are neglected, there’s no waters, and no electricity. We’re concerned about diseases, like the cholera epidemic we stopped just weeks ago”, said Dr. Vincent Gilles, the hospital’s emergency health director. Resources are running dangerously low, but the medical team is still diligently working. ” If we have weather it will be catastrophic”, Serhal said. 1: 45
Death and carnage in Mayotte after Cyclone ChidoAmong the people struggling to recover is Saindou Mohamadi, 54, who fractured his shoulder and sprained his knee during the wind that left his home totally destroyed. Mohamadi expressed his sadness for his home while speaking from his hospital bed. ” My mother is sick, I’m sick, and my child is sick”, he said. ” They need to have, but I’m the one who takes care of the food, and now we have nothing”. Mohamadi is one of the many people who have been left poor and destitute despite having six children to support. Trending Then
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” I’m not alone”, he said. ” There are many of us who have lost all — our homes, our foods. I want the government to worry about us, to give us meals and a spot to sleep”.Mayotte, a thickly populated archipelago of over 320, 000 people, is also home to an estimated 100, 000 workers, some living in vulnerable circumstances. The poorest outside region of France and, by extension, the European Union has huge struggled with widespread abuse and underdevelopment. Around 75 % of its population lives in poverty, and the archipelago’s infrastructure was ill-equipped to withstand a disaster of this magnitude. Chido’s destruction has compounded these challenges, leaving many residents with little faith in the government’s ability to provide timely and adequate relief. 3: 13
‘ A war landscape ‘: Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Chido batters MayotteEfforts to deliver emergency aid, including airlifts of water and food, are underway, but the scale of the need is staggering. Mayotte’s airport remains closed to civilian flights due to damage, further complicating logistics. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, acknowledged the severity of the situation and pledged to rebuild, but residents who were offended by the slow development of aid also criticized him. Calling the archipelago” totally devastated”, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau painted a bleak picture — with some 70 % of the population gravely affected by the catastrophe, and many left homeless and vulnerable. The island’s residents and its overstretched medical staff are now forced to deal with the frightening effects of Chido, one day at a time.
