Médecins Sans Frontières - Webclip - Int. - Paediatric and Neonatal Care in Mazar-i-Sharif Regional Hospital

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB183500

Date taken / Date Recorded 31/10/2023 12:00 AM

Country Afghanistan

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Oriane Zerah

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m52s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 194.51 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Location:
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Name Card: Farida
Hadia’s mother

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I took her everywhere,

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including to the hospital and the doctor.

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I brought her medications and prescriptions,

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I tried everything,

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but she did not get well

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and began to suffer from more serious diarrhea.

Text On Screen:
Hadia has finally arrived at the Mazar-i-Shariff Regional hospital in Afghanistan’s Balkh Province.
She has been diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition.
She is one of more than 1,100 children who come through the triage of the paediatric unit supported by MSF in this hospital every week.
Here, our team works to reduce paediatric and neonatal mortality in the northern provinces of Afghanistan.

Name Card: Muriel Boursier
Interim MSF Head of Programs in Mazar-i-Sharif

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Mazar-i-Sharif regional hospital,
is the only third level hospital

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in the northern region, so it's also
one of the main referral centers

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and people travel long distances
to come here.

Text On Screen:
Since August 2023, MSF has been operating a specialised emergency room for children up to the age of 15,

Which is supported by a triage system to ensure the most critical patients are admitted and given the care they need.

MSF also supports a neonatal intensive care unit providing care to premature and sick newborns.

These rooms reflect the huge need for such services and the gaps in the provision of healthcare in Balkh.

Name Card:
Dr. Abdul Qayum Popal
MSF Afghanistan Deputy Medical Coordinator

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The Bed occupancy rate

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in the past 24 hours has been 130 percent,

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meaning that despite discharging

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about five to six patients,

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the beds are still fully occupied,

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and in some cases, we have two patients sharing a bed.

Text On Screen:
Patients sharing beds is not ideal, but it is a situation our teams see in many contexts where the needs are exceptionally high.

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there are overwhelming needs.

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So I would say we tried our best to cover,

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at least for the most vulnerable ones.

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This is why we have decided
to intervene in

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pediatrics, the most vulnerable
and youngest patients.