PHOTO: Patient catches fish in flooded hospital

BIHAR, India â This photograph, taken on Sunday, shows a patient catching a fish inside a waterlogged hospital ward at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital followingheavy monsoon rains in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. (Photo: AFP)

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PHOTO: Patient catches fish in flooded hospital

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