They see themselves as the walking dead, says Dr. Justin Paluku Lussy, head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at HEAL Africa Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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"It was a truly amazing delivery, " said Dr. Karen Maples, chief of the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department.

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