Medical supplies airlifted to French Indian Ocean territory after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead
The cyclone that hit Mayotte has left health services on the French Indian Ocean territory in tatters, with the hospital extremely damaged and health centres knocked out of operation, a minister said on Monday.
“The hospital has suffered major water damage and destruction, notably in the surgical, intensive care, maternity and emergency units,” the French health minister, Geneviève Darrieussecq, told France 2, adding that “medical centres were also non-operational”.
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