Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps - Sarah Newey
The organisation operates clinics that cater to roughly 80,000 people in nine refugee camps close to the Myanmar border, but abruptly closed and locked seven out of its nine hospitals to comply with the uncompromising US directive.
- A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was cut off when the United States announced a freeze on aid funding.
- Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighbouring Thailand, died four days after she was discharged from a USAID-funded healthcare facility operated by the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
The organisation operates clinics that cater to roughly 80,000 people in nine refugee camps close to the Myanmar border, but abruptly closed and locked seven out of its nine hospitals to comply with the uncompromising US directive.
The agency may be subject to an exemption as it offers lifesaving assistance, but it is not yet clear when a waiver could be issued...

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