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Thousands of people queued outside polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a president, MPs and local councillors, keenly hoping to effect change in a country swamped by economic troubles.

Letters poured into Coca-Cola headquarters by the thousands, and the phone lines swamped; a psychiatrist brought in to listen reported hearing people mourn as if a relative had died.

"It has gone from being a really serious problem to being a really major crisis… People are swamped."

An influx of adult claims swamped the system after adverse reactions to flu shots became eligible for compensation in 2005 and serious shoulder problems were added to the injury table in 2017.

The negative thoughts that had swamped her mind since a young age began to dissipate.