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A Letter From Nurse Abdul Wassay From Medecins Sans Frontieres... 
I've been the medical team leader for the past 11 months here at Medecins Sans Frontieres' 100 beds hospital,South Soudan. After working for Medecins Sans Frontieres for several years in Pakistan and seeing the critical assistance we deliver,I decided to come to South Sudan to treat people suffering from 30 years of war.
Lankien Hospital is the only one of this kind for hundreds of miles in every directions. Our ward are filled with malnourished children,expectant mothers with complications and people suffering from tuberculosis and kalar-azar,a neglected tropical disease. Patients come from hours away,mostly travelling the rugged landscape on foot. And,when violence breaks out between local groups,we can face wave after waves of wounded patients.
Thousands of people have been impacted by the fighting in South Sudan and many men,women and children have nowhere to turn for medical care.
We not only faced the challenge of treating serious injuries,we also needed to make sure the battlefield didn't make its way into the hospital. While my collegues and I tried to stop the bleeding,check vital signs and administer IV fluids and antibiotics to stave off infection,I was already thinking about what we would need to do to maintain the safety of our staff and patients.
Because we were treating people on both sides of the conflict,we had to keep our patients separated in differents wards. We also restricted the access of people entering and leaving the hospital.
But even with these changes our staff still searched every person entering the inpatient care for weapons,so as to provide an extra la<x>yer of protection.
Impartiality and neutrality are critical tools for maintening the security of Medecins Sans Frontieres' teams and patients. And the independent financial support we receive plays a crucial role in helping us treat anyone needing emergency medical treatment care in the midst of a conflict.
Delivering quality medical care in conflict zone is never easy,but our team have the expertise and experience to do whatever it takes to save lives.
Letter written by Nurse Abdul Wassay from Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Lankien Hospital is the only one of this kind for hundreds of miles in every directions. Our ward are filled with malnourished children,expectant mothers with complications and people suffering from tuberculosis and kalar-azar,a neglected tropical disease. Patients come from hours away,mostly travelling the rugged landscape on foot. And,when violence breaks out between local groups,we can face wave after waves of wounded patients.
Thousands of people have been impacted by the fighting in South Sudan and many men,women and children have nowhere to turn for medical care.
We not only faced the challenge of treating serious injuries,we also needed to make sure the battlefield didn't make its way into the hospital. While my collegues and I tried to stop the bleeding,check vital signs and administer IV fluids and antibiotics to stave off infection,I was already thinking about what we would need to do to maintain the safety of our staff and patients.
Because we were treating people on both sides of the conflict,we had to keep our patients separated in differents wards. We also restricted the access of people entering and leaving the hospital.
But even with these changes our staff still searched every person entering the inpatient care for weapons,so as to provide an extra la<x>yer of protection.
Impartiality and neutrality are critical tools for maintening the security of Medecins Sans Frontieres' teams and patients. And the independent financial support we receive plays a crucial role in helping us treat anyone needing emergency medical treatment care in the midst of a conflict.
Delivering quality medical care in conflict zone is never easy,but our team have the expertise and experience to do whatever it takes to save lives.
Letter written by Nurse Abdul Wassay from Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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