{
  "id": 9723774,
  "title": "Africa: Ouch! One in Seven Hospital Patients in Africa Suffers Severe Pain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/africa-ouch-one-in-seven-hospital-patients-in-africa-suffers-severe",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T07:18:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609250040.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[UCT] Being admitted to hospital is supposed to bring relief. But for thousands of patients across Africa, hospital care comes with another burden: severe pain. A landmark study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that two-thirds of adults admitted to hospitals across Africa experienced pain, while one in seven suffered severe pain. The study was funded by the National Institute for…",
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        "outlet": "AllAfrica",
        "title": "Africa: Ouch! One in Seven Hospital Patients in Africa Suffers Severe Pain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/africa-ouch-one-in-seven-hospital-patients-in-africa-suffers-severe-9733072",
        "published": "2026-09-25T07:18:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}