patients

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Congo has just one doctor per 10,000 patients, one of the lowest such ratios in the world, and the numbers are even worse in the isolated eastern reaches of the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Lyle Ungar, Professor in CIS and a co-author of the study, says social media can offer insight into concerns patients may not always bring up during medical visits.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The health ministry named the new patients as a Ugandan driver, a Ugandan health worker and a woman from the DRC.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The NHS urged patients not to put off seeking help during the latest six-day strike, telling those with emergency and urgent needs to use 999 and 111 as normal.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Regardless, all ten patients were very sick—some were carried in to see Farmer on stretchers—with TB that was resistant to four or even five drugs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French