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That resulted in pandemonium in the U.S. and all over the globe as life-saving services have been abruptly ended, people have been fired and programs that Americans depend on are no longer functioning.

"It stops the functioning of signals from the brain to your body from working properly and causes all sorts of neurological symptoms," she said.

The Joda border clinic - built from iron sheets - is the only functioning health centre in the area.

Haiti is currently wracked by economic chaos, little functioning political control, and increasingly violent gang warfare.

Meghan Horrigan-Taylor, a spokeswoman for the city, said another city employee alerted officials to the issue on Saturday when they noticed the voice feature was not functioning properly.