2011-09-01
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AmeriCares is building and equipping a field hospital for the thousands of refugees fleeing the devastating famine in Somalia. Tens of thousands have already died and officials say 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa need immediate humanitarian relief from the worst drought in more than a half century. The 4,500-square-foot AmeriCares field hospital will house a therapeutic feeding center, operating room, intensive care unit, as well as a labor and delivery ward, laboratory and pharmacy when it opens in Kenya at the end of September. The hospital will be operated and managed by International Medical Corps, which is providing medical professionals to staff the facility. "More than half of the children under age 5 arriving at refugee camps in Kenya are acutely or severely malnourished, which weakens their immune systems," said AmeriCares VP of Emergency Response Ella Gudwin. "The field hospital will ensure they have access to lifesaving medical services on site, as well as nutritional interventions, dramatically increasing their chances of survival."
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