Roadblocks delay access to medical care in riot-hit New Caledonia • FRANCE 24 English
the roads around new caledonia’s largest hospital are not secure slowing the arrival of vehicles and ambulances we treat fractures that are several days old we treat wounds that have become too infected so yes there is a delay in care further south the roadblocks leading to this Clinic were cleared by force but the establishment is still affected by the security situation for two weeks some nurses here have got used to sleeping on site has been an influx of patients since another dialysis center in the area was forced to close to cope dialysis treatments are shorter and less frequent performing two sessions per week each lasting 2 hours inevitably means not enough waste is purified and not enough water is in the body the delays mean more emergency care with no home care this patient has to remain hos hospitalized he has a large bandage on his foot because he has a perforated alter that requires care so he has to stay here I want to leave see my wife and children but I can’t it’s even difficult for medical supplies to be delivered to patients homes this woman is relieved to receive an oxygen tank that she’s been waiting waiting for for several days
Roadblocks in riot-hit New Caledonia are delaying patients’ access to medical care as vehicles and ambulances traveling to hospitals and clinics are forced to slow down. Since two weeks ago when protests and riots started, some nurses have taken to sleeping in hospitals.
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6 comments
Free new calodonia
The picture is not worth a thousand words.
The population seems to have risen up against their occupiers.
Free new Caledonia
Long live kanak resistance
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