Hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts in NE DR Congo

STORY: Hospital overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts in NE DR Congo DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:00 LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST 1.various of the General Reference Hospital in Beni, DR Congo 2.SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): KAMBALE USHINDI, Patient 3.SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): JUSTIN PALUKU, Patient 3.SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FREDERICO SILVIO MARTOGLIO, Emergency manager of Red Cross in Beni 4.various of Beni, DR Congo STORYLINE: 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 who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds have been pouring into the General Reference Hospital. The majority of the patients, some with multiple bullet holes on their body, come from surrounding villages and towns in the Beni region, worst affected across the central Afr