the VoT clinic. In 2018, MSF facilitated 342 external referrals to public and private healthcare facilities for laboratory investigations and specialist medical consultations. The main countries of origin of our patients were the Democratic Republic of Congo (34%), Syria (11%), Cameroon (10%), Iran (8%), Iraq (6%), Afghanistan (4%) and 25 other nationalities mainly from Africa. Eighty-nine percent of patients were male and 11% female. At the time of the intake 76% were asylum seekers, 16% recognised refugees and 8% undocumented migrants. Musculoskeletal complications were the most common physical consequence of torture among new patients, while the mental health complications refer mostly to post-traumatic stress disorder, extreme anxiety and depressive symptoms. Other health conditions treated by the MSF team were skin (17%), neurological (14%), urogenital (10%), ENT 9%) and gastointestinal (8%) conditions. 9 © Albert Masias
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