In late December 2005, Paul Farmer, a U.S. physician who co-founded Partners In Health, examined Jean-Juste and confirmed that he had chronic lympocytic leukemia, telling a reporter that "Father Gerry's in serious trouble if he isn't released from jail to receive proper medical attention in the United States."[REF]
Jean-Juste died in a hospital in the Miami area on May 27, 2009 [REF].