East Congo hospital sees 'influx' of wounded as conflict escalates

A 5-year-old girl, sitting in her wheelchair, waits to be treated at the ICRC hospital, in Goma, on Jan. 20, 2025. Seriously injured patients requiring oxygen are treated in the intensive care unit of the ICRC hospital in Goma, on Jan. 20, 2025. A patient with a leg injury, left, sits next to a patient from Pinga, in Masisi territory, shot in the foot, at the ICRC hospital, in Goma, on Jan. 20, 2025.

A hospital in Goma has taken in more than 200 wounded since early January as fighting intensifies in eastern Congo, the Red Cross and local sources told AFP Monday.