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Chad’s health minister meets staff at Sarh hospital

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Chad’s Health Minister, Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat, visited the Docteur Outel Bono Provincial Hospital in Sarh on 17 October 2026 and spoke with healthcare workers about their difficulties. He toured the emergency department, maternity ward, paediatrics, neonatology and pharmacy, and called, among other things, for health security to be strengthened, Tchadinfos reports.

Chad’s Minister of Public Health and Prevention, Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat, visited the Docteur Outel Bono Provincial Hospital in Sarh on Saturday 17 October 2026, where he discussed challenges in patient care with medical staff, Tchadinfos reports.

Accompanied by Abderamane Ahmat Bargou, the government’s general delegate to Moyen-Chari Province, the minister visited the emergency department, maternity ward, paediatrics, neonatology and pharmacy. He asked about patient reception and the availability of medicines, among other matters, according to Tchadinfos.

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