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- Awa Diba gave birth after a 24-hour labour while hospitals prepared for a strike.
- She shared a ward with women in a room with cracked ceiling, intermittent electricity, broken fan.
- Doctors, pharmacists and dental surgeons struck on September 16-17, limiting care to emergencies.
- The SAMES union demanded more recruitment, better career and pension conditions, and increased hospital investment.
- Diba plans to specialise in haematology to treat cancer, leukaemia and sickle-cell patients.
