SOUTH SUDAN: Public Health In Disarray
Al Jazeera reported on 10 July on the situation at Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, South Sudan. A lack of proper primary care facilities in South Sudan means the doctors here are often overworked: Many of the doctors at the hospital come to work seven days a week; Mergani Abdallah, an obstetrician/gynecologist, said he couldn't remember the last time he had a full day off. He also noted that the hospital only receives five delivery chairs each year from the United Nations Population Fund, and that they quickly fall into disrepair. His wing does not have enough beds or fetal monitors, either. Doctors at the hospital are skeptical that the government will resolve any of these problems quickly - though Napoleon said he does appreciate one recent government project. Read: Al Jazeera