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Nepali peacekeepers run medical camps in South Sudan

Nepali peacekeepers run medical camps in South Sudan

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

FILE - Some of the more than 30,000 civilians sheltering in a United Nations base in South Sudan's capital Juba for fear of targeted killings by government forces walk by an armored vehicle and a watchtower manned by Chinese UN peacekeepers, on Monday, July 25, 2016. According to reports from victims which have come to light Monday August 15, 2016, South Sudanese troops, fresh from winning a battle against opposition forces in the capital, Juba, on July 11, 2016, went on a nearly four-hour rampage through a residential compound popular with foreigners, and the UN peacekeeping force stationed nearby are accused of refusing to respond to desperate calls for help. Photo: AP

KATHMANDU: Nepali peacekeepers with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have conducted two medical camps, in Cueibet and Bunagok in the Greater Lakes area recently. In total, some 400 persons, suffering from a wide range of medical conditions, were treated. As part of the peacekeeping mission's civilian-military cooperation, medical personnel serving in the Nepali Battalion dealt with patients with pneumonia, bacterial infections, abdominal pains, gynaecological diseases, musculoskeletal pains, backache and other conditions. The doctors, who were visited by 290 patients at the Cuibet camp, also performed minor surgeries. More than a hundred local civilians were treated by the Nepali doctors who set up the temporary medical camp in Bunagok. Nepal currently deploys more than 2,000 military and police personnel to UNMISS. They all contribute to UNMISS' core mandate of protecting civilians and helping build durable peace in South Sudan.