Médecins Sans Frontières - VIDEO - Salama hospital in Bunia

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB187071

Date taken / Date Recorded 21/02/2024 2:05 PM

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

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

Duration 1m52s

Maximum Size 720px × 1280px 131.87 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist TXT:
Since mid-February 2024, the resurgence of attacks by armed groups in Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have resulted in numerous victims.
This cyclical conflict, ongoing since 1997, has so far forced up to 1.63 million people to flee their homes.
The unpredictable and violent attacks are targeting mostly civilians.

Clarisse* - Mother of 5/five children *Pseudonym
01:43-02:02 We were attacked by armed men. As we rushed to get inside the house, they seized my mother-in-law. They cut off her arm with a machete and when my two-year-old child, Christelle, who was with her started crying, they tried to kill kill her with a machete.

TXT
(MSF) set up a centre specialising in trauma surgery and post-surgical care at Salama hospital in Bunia.

Between June and December 2023, MSF teams treated 863 patients and conducted 838 surgical interventions.

Dr. Patrick Nkemenang - MSF Medical Coordinator
We have a capacity of 50 beds. Today, our service is at 80-100% capacity full. We have patients who are victims of atrocities. We provide trauma surgery and post-operative care and treat burn patients as well as victims of road accidents.

TXT
Danie Nida Alho, 40 years old, was a victim of a road accident.
He was transferred to the Bunia hospital.

Nida Alho Danie - MSF Patient
02:46-02:52:
The day I arrived, I didn't know if I would walk ever again.
02:52-03:04: But today, thanks to MSF, I have been well taken care of and am recovering well.

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MSF’s surgical activities in Ituri address the needs of the most vulnerable people in the province, particularly those in remote areas with very difficult access to healthcare.

VIDEO - Salama hospital in Bunia - FRENCH

VIDEO - Salama hospital in Bunia - FRENCH