Torit hospital hit by food shortage
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June 21, 2013 (TORIT) - Torit hospital in South Sudan’s Eastern
Equatoria state is facing severe food shortage to feed inpatients, the
state’s health minister, Dr. Margaret Itto, has said.
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Hospital authorities have admitted that inpatients are discharging
themselves in order to return home, due to the lack of food. Patients
whose families are unable to pay for immediate attention are said to
be the worst affected.
Itto confirmed the alarming food shortages over the last two months
due to lack of operational funds caused by the national government’s
failure to release funds on time.
The minister added that state finance ministry has informed that there
was no money at hand to aid her ministry.
She called on non-governmental organisations operating in the field of
health in the state to join hands in order to help rescue the
situation, before it runs out of control.
Torit state hospital is the main government hospital in Eastern
Equatoria serving all its eight counties. However, the hospital still
lacks several medical items and staff to provide better health
services to citizens.
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