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Hospitals in Madagascar receive relief supplies

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    JOHANNESBURG

    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has airlifted additional staff and medical supplies to Madagascar in the event that the political violence, which has already left over 100 people dead, has not completely subsided.



    "We want to be prepared in case the violence flares up again and to make sure the wounded receive proper treatment and care," said Valery Sasin, one of the ICRC surgeons who joined the Malagasy Red Cross (MRC) team in the capital, Antananarivo.



    The ICRC started delivering consignments of medical supplies to the MRC and Antananarivo's main hospital last week for onward delivery to referral hospitals and health-care centres according to need.



    The items, including wound-dressing kits, stretchers and a dispensary tent, were shipped from emergency stocks at the ICRC's Nairobi-based logistics centre.



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