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Indonesia Wildfires Force Evacuation of Psychiatric Patients as Toxic Haze Worsens

More than 167 psychiatric patients have been evacuated from a hospital in South Kalimantan as weeks of wildfire smoke continue to deteriorate air quality across parts of Indonesia and neighbouring countries. Indonesia's worsening wildfire crisis is putting additional pressure on the country's health system, with authorities evacuating 167 psychiatric patients from a hospital in South Kalimantan as thick smoke increasingly affected the facility.

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