Since January 26, Goma, DRC, has seen at least 2,900 fatalities and thousands of injuries due to militant attacks. Hospitals are overwhelmed with patients suffering serious injuries—primarily gunshot wounds after initial shrapnel injuries. Mamy Esther, a survivor who lost her son in the conflict and endured a pelvic injury, reflects on her slow recovery amidst chaos at Kyeshero hospital, which is now struggling to care for the influx of wounded and meet the urgent need for blood. The violence has further destabilized an already critical humanitarian situation in the city.
At least 2,900 people have been killed and thousands more wounded since the militia entered the city on 26 January, according to the UN.
Doctors at Kyeshero hospital reported that the facility, initially treating shrapnel wounds, now primarily deals with bullet injuries.
By divine grace, I hope that I will recover, he said, sitting on his bed.
Patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds have crammed into overwhelmed hospitals in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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