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South Sudan famine: ‘Our hospital admits 200 children every day’

The head of South Sudan's only children's hospital says his staff are “overwhelmed� by the number of malnourished children coming into the hospital, and things are getting “worse every day�.

Dr Justin Bumo, executive director of Al Sabbah Chidren’s hospital, told 5 live’s Nick Garnett because of the nation’s famine, they were admitting “over 200 children every day�.

This clip is originally from Anna Foster’s report from South Sudan on Drive, broadcast on Wednesday 5 April 2017

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