Patients travelling long distances to find surgery cancelled as lack of anaesthetics shuts operating theatres in half of hospitals
Almost half of Malawi’s district hospitals have closed their operating theatres due to a dire shortage of anaesthetics.
Maternity care has been affected by a lack of drugs, said doctors. Surgery, including caesareans, has been cancelled and patients needing emergency care have been moved hundreds of miles around the country.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/22/pregnant-women-at-risk-in-malawi-as-drug-shortage-prevents-caesareans
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