Reference :
V-P-CD-E-01381
Date :
20/12/2011
Caption :
North Kivu province, Goma, Bethesda hospital. An ICRC health delegate talks to a 18 year-old patient. The patient was 17 when she arrived in the hospital after geting a gunshot wound to her right leg during a crossfire.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
She has been in the hospital for eight months and is now walking on crutches. Doctors expect that she will be discharged in two weeks time.
The ICRC supports the hospital by paying fees for patients who are injured within the context of violence in the province. In addition to direct support to the hospital, the ICRC gives a certain amount of money per day to patients and carers, to enable them to buy food, soap and other necessary items during their stay in the hospital.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4256x2832
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
