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Patient ‘Imprisoned’ at Kinshasa Hospital

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In many African hospitals, patients must settle their bills before they’re released. If patients can’t pay, they end up stuck in the hospital. Cindy Shiner of AllAfrica.com recently met one such patient at a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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