Tambura Hospital faces shortages of medicine, beds, water and electricity
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Radio Tamazuj
Tambura County Hospital in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, lacks medicines, beds, clean drinking water, electricity and medical equipment, county commissioner James Mupaya said. The shortages affect the maternity ward in particular, where staff use torches during deliveries, according to Radio Tamazuj.
Tambura County Hospital in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State is short of medicines, beds, clean drinking water, electricity and medical equipment, reports Radio Tamazuj. County Commissioner James Mupaya said some patients have to sleep on the floor because there are not enough beds and mattresses.
Overcrowding also makes it difficult to separate areas for men and women. James Mupaya said several health centres have closed for lack of funding, concentrating patients at the main hospital. He said the influx is worsening shortages of medicines and equipment.
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