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Benghazi's looming medical crisis

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The BBC has learnt that hospitals in the rebel-held area of eastern Libya are running short of medical supplies, with some patients dying from a lack of life-saving medicines.

Diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall reports from Benghazi where doctors say drugs are running out fast.


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