Lost between borders: South Sudan’s forgotten crises | Doctors Without Borders

“I met a woman named Regina,” recalls Nicolò. “She was very sick with tuberculosis and feared she might die. She didn’t have the strength to carry her children with her to the hospital, so she left her children by the market under a tree with a few belongings and some food, asking someone she knew to watch over them. She went to get treatment with no phone, no connection, hoping that after several weeks she could return and find them. It was a heartbreaking story.”

MSF’s Ameth Bek Hospital, the only functioning hospital care facility in the region, is increasingly overwhelmed by patients. Teams there are focusing on emergency services, including surgery, but also inpatient care and midwifery. Between January and September, MSF provided surgical care to 1,240 patients, including those with violence-related injuries.