New York, Sept. 4 -- For nearly two months, Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been hit by a fresh wave of deadly attack that have killed dozens and injured many more.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supports a hospital in Bunia, capital of Ituri, which is currently overwhelmed with patients. However, the number of patients receiving care represents only a fraction of the actual amount of victims. MSF calls for urgent action to strengthen the protection of civilians.

At the MSF-supported Salama Clinic in Bunia, the corridors are crowded. Stretchers are carried in, one after another, by staff or from the few ambulances available. Open fractures, gunshot wounds, and shrapnel injuri...