EDISON, N.J. — Makeshift hospitals have been popping up around the world to account for space shortages in proper hospitals. From the increasing number of casualties caused by escalating violence to injuries caused by natural disasters, makeshift hospitals have served as substitutes to care for the wounded. However, due to a lack of supplies, makeshift hospitals often operate under poor conditions. Here are 10 photos of makeshift hospitals around the world.
Feature Photo: UN OCHA
Sanaa, Yemen
Photo: Reuters
Medics tend to a man who was injured in a mortar attack by Yemini soldiers, loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Balochistan, Pakistan
Photo: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Children surround their injured mother after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Awaran district of the Balochistan Province.
Lulimba, Congo
Photo: The Guardian
A doctor examines a young boy suspected of having typhoid fever in a makeshift pediatric ward.
Tahir Square, Egypt
Photo: NBC News
Medics tend to an injured anti-government protester in a makeshift hospital in a nearby mosque.
Syria
Photo: Doctors Without Borders
In one of the makeshift Doctors Without Borders’ hospitals, a midwife weighs a newborn baby in the maternity department.
New Dehli, India
Photo: TIME
Parents and children wait in a makeshift anteroom on the children’s floor of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi. India’s public health care system is overburdened because the burgeoning country does not allocate enough funding to sustain it.
Tacloban, Leyte
Photo: Trust
Five days after typhoon Yolanda struck, babies were moved to a chapel that was converted into a makeshift hospital in an effort to reduce the number of infant fatalities.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Photo: Doctors Without Borders
Outside the Carrefour Hospital in Port-au-Prince, medics work to treat a patient with two broken legs.
Kiev, Ukraine
Photo: Daily Mail
A hotel in Kiev is converted into a makeshift hospital to house patients injured during conflicts between Ukrainian protesters and the police.
South Sudan
Photo: UNHCR
Workers discuss the poor medical conditions in a refugee camp in South Sudan.
– Brillian Bao