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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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