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Hundreds of wounded continue to pour into Goma's overcrowded hospitals as fighting rages in DR Congo
Medics treat a man who was wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma's Kyeshero hospital, February 1, 2025

HUNDREDS of wounded people continued to pour into overcrowded hospitals in Goma today as fighting rages in the Democratic Republic of Congo between government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels.

“They will get infected before we can treat them all,” said Florence Douet, an operating room nurse at Bethesda Hospital, as she attended to patients with varying degrees of injuries.

Since the start of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels’ offensive on Goma on January 26, more than 700 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded in the city and its vicinity, officials say. 

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