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What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital

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What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital

What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital

See what happens when a hurricane hits a hospital. Beaumont Hospital, in Haiti, was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.

Some 13,000 women will give birth in hurricane-affected areas in the next three months. Thousands of them will experience complications. Without urgent action, maternal death rates will rise.

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