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Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

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Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies.

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after the M23 rebels say they captured the city.

Bethesda hospital alone said it receives more than 100 new patients each day , overstretching its capacity of 250 beds.

The fighting in and around Goma has also disrupted supply chains, leading to shortages in medical supplies that aid groups rely on.

The U.N. health body warned last week that repeated mass displacement in Congo has created ideal conditions for the spread of endemic diseases in displacement camps and surrounding communities.

Cholera , which saw more than 22,000 infections last year , and measles, affected close to 12,000 people.

The region also battles with chronic child malnutrition.