A 23-year-old patient gives birth by c-section at @DrsWithou | Figure 1

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A 23-year-old patient gives birth by c-section at @DrsWithoutBorders' Centre de Référence en Urgency Obstétricale in Haiti. This hospital for complicated obstetrics is seeing an unprecedented increase in patients, due to Haitian healthcare cuts. Over 27,000 babies have been born there, and almost 9,000 babies have been admitted into its neonatology department. This mother was admitted due to her high blood pressure; the c-section was necessary because her baby’s heartbeat was getting weaker. She’s had five pregnancies in the past, but only two children survived. (Photo: © Shiho Fukada/Panos)

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