[WARNING] Horrific scenes at Brazzaville hospital

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South African orthopaedic surgeons are working like car mechanics in the Republic of Congo to get the job done.
They arrived under the premise that Brazzavile Military hospital was the best equipped in the country after the depot explosions last week which left thousands maimed. But the tools are rusty, they don't have sterilisers and time is running out.
This morning (Monday) the first surgery was delayed because the hospital didn't have sterile scalpel blades, the most essential surgical tool.
"We are working half speed compared to South African," said chief surgeon Johnny de Beer. "Poorly qualified nurses, having to improvise with tools and the language barrier is all slowing us down," he said.
The local translators, mostly English language school teachers, have been thrown in the deep end handling everything from body searches to operation dialogue between patients and surgeons. One passed out during an amputation yesterday (Sunday).
Amputations are vital on many patients' arms and legs as infections rapidly eat at their wounds, turning them septic yellow.
Trauma doctor Rosanne Symons explained "First they draw with a marker pen where to cut. Then they tear through the skin and muscle using a scalpel, tying up the veins and nerve endings as they go." Once surgeons reach the bone they use a saw built for cutting wood ,and an industrial drill, till the bone can be separated by hand.
"Many patients refuse amputations. They will die if we can't convince them that it is the only treatment option left," said de Beer.
"Septic wounds are our greatest challenge. When the blast happened the operations were done fast and in huge volumes. Now we must operate on those same patients again," he said. "There are 20 patients left at this hospital who require critical operations. Time is running out," said fellow surgeon Hannes Joubert.
General surgeon Zafar Khan isn't fazed by the blood and guts, munching on some biltong he brought from Durban as he overlooks the senior surgeons operating.
While there was little to be admired about the working conditions of the South African doctors, down the hallway a woman was screaming her lungs out. Without painkillers or sedatives, 6 men held down the woman while Congolese surgeons cleaned her wounds with a tweezers and a wet cloth. "Kill me please kill me," she begged in French.

- IOL