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BURKINA FASO: Lack of medical specialists, equipment forces patients abroad for care
OUAGADOUGOU, 28 September 2007 (IRIN) - Five-year-old Salamata Compaore in Burkina Faso suffers from a malformation of the heart that leads to shortness of breath, stunted growth and sometimes heart failure.
Last month, she appeared on national TV in an appeal for help with an operation overseas.
“Without surgery, she will die,” said Professor Patrice Zamsoré, head of the cardiology department at the Yalgado hospital, the largest in Burkina Faso.
An expensive trip abroad is the only hope for people like Compaore, in Burkina Faso and other countries in the region where medical specialists and equipment to treat many conditions are unavailable.
Some of the most common health problems in Burkina – cardiovascular disease and cervical and breast cancer – cannot be treated inside the country. Advanced surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy materials are not available.
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