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[Your reactions]: Senegal: emotion and anger after the death of Astou Sokhna

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At the Epidemic Treatment Center at Fann Hospital in Dakar, patients were treated to a special Tabaski menu (illustration image) AFP / John Wessels

By: Juan Gomez Follow

His death sparked an outcry in Senegal.

On the verge of giving birth, Astou Sokhna died in the hospital several hours after her arrival for not having undergone an emergency caesarean section.

His family denounces "medical negligence".

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