Busy entrance area of the children's hospital in Jalal Abad, May 1999.







A medical assistant attends a patient in traumatology of hospital no.4 in Bishkek, May 1999







Omar Saleban, Somali Physician with the organisation "Medecins Sans Frontieres" treats a prostitute in a hospital for venereal diseases in Osh, a town in the south of Kyrghizstan, May 1999







A nurse prepares a respirator in the intensive care ward of the children's hospital in Jalal Abad, May 1999. The respirator was provided by Swiss financial aid.



All pictures © Alessandro della Valle/Keystone


 

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