Via Actualite.cd, an April 27 report: Beni: 3 health facilities close in Vuhovi following Mai-Mai threats. The Google translation:
Three health facilities in the Vuhovi health zone, in the Bashu chiefdom in Beni territory (North Kivu), have been closed for nearly a month. These structures had to retreat after the many threats of the Mai-Mai militia in this region.
These are the health centers of Isonga, Buhesi and Katanda, whose health care workers and community relays have become targets of armed men. The latter blame them for maintaining good relations with the teams responding to the Ebola virus disease. This situation makes the medical care of the local population difficult, deplores the civil society.
"It's a disaster for the people who want to be treated, some of them are going to other health facilities that are far from their agglomerations, and a lot of patients are staying in their homes, which we are regretting. This can lead us to community risks," explains Kiptutulu, Vice President of Civil Society, Bashu Chiefdom.
More than a hundred nurses and doctors from Butembo and surrounding areas demonstrated Wednesday, April 24, to denounce the insecurity they are victims.
