Healthcare Services Remain Difficult In Wake Of Typhoon

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November 20, 2013

BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani visited a field hospital set up by German and Belgian medics in Palo, near Tacloban, the only medical centre available in the area. (BBC)

After Typhoon Haiyan, it continues to be a struggle to get aid to devastated areas of the Philippines. Four million people are displaced and President Aquino is now personally overseeing relief operations in the worst-hit city of Tacloban.

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani is in the province of Leyte, and reports on the impact on the healthcare system in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

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Rajesh Mirchandani, correspondent for the BBC. He tweets @rajeshmirchand.

This segment aired on November 20, 2013.