About a dozen mothers sit on gurneys and nurse newborns in a ward that is nothing more than a long, open room. Two nurses in starched, white uniforms walk the hallway wearily. They work thirteen-hour shifts, four days a week, and earn the equivalent of $25 a week. The hospital lacks oxygen equipment, thermometers, blood pressure machines, and basic pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics. Patients are asked to bring their own drugs if they can afford them. Equipment in surgical suites is old and worn, with rubber cracked and crumbling
