DR Congo hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts

UPDF soldiers

UPDF soldiers patrol Mukakati in eastern DR Congo on December 10 last year. PHOTO | DAILY MONITOR

Challenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).

Injured civilians, mostly women who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds, have been pouring into the General Reference Hospital.