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Sudanese refugee influx overwhelms Birao hospital

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Birao District Hospital has 60 beds for a local and refugee population of nearly 40,000, and its chief says it can barely cope with the Sudanese refugee influx. The report also describes aid cuts; it does not say whether the influx or the hospital’s capacity crisis has eased.

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      60 Beds for 40,000: Sudan War Overwhelms CAR Border Hospital

      In Birao, near Sudan, triple the patients, 11 percent funding, and births on dirt roads and crowded wards.

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      • No verified total for midwives dismissed, mobile clinics removed, or exact bed-to-population count in excerpts.
      • No confirmed reconciliation of Barou versus Korsi camp naming.

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    Who's involved

    People

    • Bel Trewcorrespondent and reporter at The Independent1 report

    Places

    • Birao Hospital Préfectoraux7QMQ+R7R, Birao, Central African Republic1 report
    • DarfurDarfur, Sudan1 report

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