SOUTH SUDAN / HOSPITAL

The main hospital in Kotobi lies deserted, a crumbling wreck in the aftermath of years of ongoing conflict in the area, about 200 kilometers from South Sudan’s capital Juba. The lack of access to health care is intensifying the suffering of displaced people who have little or no food, access to clean water, or adequate shelter after fleeing to Kotobi to escape the violence. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:43
• Production Date: 1 February 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HEALTH SERVICES
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2085310
• Parent Id: 2085310
• Alternate Title: unifeed180201f

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / HOSPITAL
TRT: 02:43
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 24-27 JANUARY 2018, KOTOBI / BONGOLO / LUI, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

24 JANUARY 2018, KOTOBI, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, Primary health care centre Kotobi
2. Close up, bullets on ground
3. Tilt down, destroyed hospital room
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Juanna Kebriwa, Displaced person:
“There is no hospital. We are just staying here. Many children have died, even my daughter was pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy but she lost him due to lack of medication. I could not take her to Lui because a motorbike to Lui is costly. It costs about 4500 poundswhich I cannot afford since I just collect fire word and sell to buy soap.”
5. Various shots, destroyed hospital room
6. SOUDNBITE (English) Geoffrey Omon, Mission Team Leader
“The health facilities are so dire. We have learned that in the recent past some pregnant women died because they could not have access to medical services. We have learned also that some children died because of hunger. And with this kind of situation it is appalling to us and we are very much concern.”
7. Various shots, destroyed maternity ward

27 JANUARY, 2018 LUI, SOUTH SUDAN

9. Various shots, Lui hospital
10. Med shot, mother speaking to health workers
11. Close up, baby being weighed
12. Med shot, mother speaking to health workers
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Eva Simon, Resident of Lui
“This hospital is where we are surviving but if you are living, and you’re not happy the sickness will not get cured. We are tired with these kids here as you can see they all have diarrhoea even though they get treatment there is no proper food here they are we don’t know what to do.”
14. Various shots, child being checked

Storyline

The main hospital in Kotobi lies deserted, a crumbling wreck in the aftermath of years of ongoing conflict in the area, about 200 kilometers from South Sudan’s capital Juba.

The lack of access to health care is intensifying the suffering of displaced people who have little or no food, access to clean water, or adequate shelter after fleeing to Kotobi to escape the violence.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Juanna Kebriwa, Displaced person:
“There is no hospital. We are just staying here. Many children have died, even my daughter was pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy but she lost him due to lack of medication. I could not take her to Lui because a motorbike to Lui is costly. It costs about 4500 poundswhich I cannot afford since I just collect fire word and sell to buy soap.”

Over the past five years, armed conflict and bad road conditions have interfered with efforts to rehabilitate or replace destroyed hospitals and other medical facilities.

A team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, visiting the area to hear from communities, witnessed first-hand the difficulties with which both residents and the displaced community have to live.

SOUDNBITE (English) Geoffrey Omon, Mission Team Leader
“The health facilities are so dire. We have learned that in the recent past some pregnant women died because they could not have access to medical services. We have learned also that some children died because of hunger. And with this kind of situation it is appalling to us and we are very much concern.”

Those living in Lui roughly 40 kilometers away on a bad road are much luckier than Juanna Tebriwa from Kotobi who finds it difficult to access the better facilities there because it is too far and expensive to get there. Lui has a hospital which is treating cases from across the region. Still, residents like Eva think more needs to be done.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Eva Simon, Resident of Lui
“This hospital is where we are surviving but if you are living, and you’re not happy the sickness will not get cured. We are tired with these kids here as you can see they all have diarrhoea even though they get treatment there is no proper food here they are we don’t know what to do.”

For these communities, they can only hope that the guns remain silent and that high-level peace talks succeed so that they can once again receive the medical care that they deserve.