MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 21 November 2015]
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Press release
Burundi: MSF Treats 60 People Wounded in Grenade Explosions
November 18, 2015
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 60 injured people at its trauma center on Monday after grenades exploded in several Bujumbura neighborhoods.
The MSF team launched a mass casualty plan on Monday morning to treat the rapid influx of wounded, triaging to treat the most serious cases first.
“We opened a second operating room and performed five emergency surgeries in the hours that followed,” said Richard Veerman, MSF program manager.
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Field news
South Sudan: A Dire Health Situation in Malakal
November 18, 2015
The number of patients treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a weekly basis in the UN Protection of Civilians Camp (PoC) in Malakal, South Sudan, has tripled since June, as overcrowding and substandard living conditions in the camp continue to jeopardize people’s health.