On the first floor, you open the door of the operating theater: a surgeon, an anesthetist, a nurse are busy in the room.
Since one week, renewed clashes between Christian youths and young Muslims have been producing more victims in Bangui. Some of them have been treated at the General Hospital, where MSF supports the emergency surgery service. Between 25 and 29 May, we received 29 wounded people. The occupancy rate of 104 beds (+ 4 ICU) is around 90%.
?Since the end of February, MSF has worked at the General Hospital in the department of emergency surgery with a team of 20 expatriates and 250 Central Africans. In April, nearly 421 surgical procedures were performed, and 150 patients were supported for injuries related to violence.