Road blocks delay access to healthcare in New Caledonia
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00:00 "The roads around New Caledonia's largest hospital are not secure, slowing the arrival
00:05 of vehicles and ambulances."
00:07 "We treat fractures that are several days old, we treat wounds that have become too
00:12 infected.
00:13 So yes, there is a delay in care."
00:17 Further south, the roadblocks leading to this clinic were cleared by force.
00:21 But the establishment is still affected by the security situation.
00:25 For two weeks, some nurses here have got used to sleeping on site.
00:29 There's been an influx of patients since another dialysis centre in the area was forced to
00:34 close.
00:35 To cope, dialysis treatments are shorter and less frequent.
00:40 "Performing two sessions per week, each lasting two hours, inevitably means not enough waste
00:49 is purified and not enough water is in the body.
00:53 The delays mean more emergency care."
00:57 With no home care, this patient has to remain hospitalised.
01:01 "He has a large bandage on his foot because he has a perforated ulcer that requires care.
01:10 So he has to stay here."
01:11 "I want to leave, see my wife and children, but I can't."
01:22 It's even difficult for medical supplies to be delivered to patients' homes.
01:26 This woman is relieved to receive an oxygen tank that she's been waiting for for several
01:31 days.
01:31 Ellie! Ellie!