Malnourished kids crowd hospital as Ethiopia hit by worst drought in 40 years

GODE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Malnourished children are flooding into the paediatric ward of the main hospital in Ethiopia's Gode city as the worst drought for 40 years has forced many families to leave their homes to search for aid.

On Tuesday, Reuters saw a dozen malnourished children in Gode General Hospital. Paediatrician Mohammed Amin said that numbers started to spike around five months ago.