01:34South Sudan: Paediatric drugs in short supply
South Sudan: Paediatric drugs in short supply
The UN Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) camp in Malakal now hosts some 27,000 people upon the most recent estimates released Monday, pushing the camp's resources to the brink of crisis. The camp, made up of mostly women and children, offers shelter, food and medical assistance to those in need.
Rosa James, a displaced mother of four, came to the UN clinic with her one-month old baby. "Some men were fighting in the camp and one of them hit the baby on the chest and we altogether fell down. My baby is in pain and didn't sleep last night", James explained.
The UNMISS Level One Clinic was originally set to look after no more but 25 adult patients per day. Now, the clinic provide health care to more than 250 patients daily including children, said Dr. Meroni Abraham.
"We are seeing more than two hundred and fifty cases a day and during such period, resources are difficult. So we are trying our best to put up our request to the medical section in Juba, we are trying to use what resources we have in the clinic efficiently but still we are having problems with paediatrics drugs" - said Abraham.
01:34South Sudan: Paediatric drugs in short supply
The UN Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) camp in Malakal now hosts some 27,000 people upon the most recent estimates released Monday, pushing the camp's resources to the brink of crisis. The camp, made up of mostly women and children, offers shelter, food and medical assistance to those in need.
Rosa James, a displaced mother of four, came to the UN clinic with her one-month old baby. "Some men were fighting in the camp and one of them hit the baby on the chest and we altogether fell down. My baby is in pain and didn't sleep last night", James explained.
The UNMISS Level One Clinic was originally set to look after no more but 25 adult patients per day. Now, the clinic provide health care to more than 250 patients daily including children, said Dr. Meroni Abraham.
"We are seeing more than two hundred and fifty cases a day and during such period, resources are difficult. So we are trying our best to put up our request to the medical section in Juba, we are trying to use what resources we have in the clinic efficiently but still we are having problems with paediatrics drugs" - said Abraham.