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Jul 2020
24m 30s

Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations, saving thousands of lives.

People Fixing the World follows one of them, Seida Guadu, as she operates to try to save the lives of a mother and her unborn child.

This podcast was first published on 25 June 2019.

Reporter: Ruth Evans Producers: Lily Freeston and Hadra Ahmed

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