The revamp also includes a new day surgery unit, two new operating theatres, a short-stay surgical ward and a maternity unit.

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It has a dedicated maternity programme and a children's ward that deals with many cases of malnutrition, as well as other common diseases including malaria and HIV.

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, a trade group, has compiled a list of such states: doctors are giving up and one hospital has been forced, after more than a century, to close its maternity ward.

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