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Sudan: Nearly 330 killed and 3,200 injured in conflict

This still image, taken from an AFPTV video dated April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising from Khartoum International Airport as fighting continues between the forces of two rival generals. | Fountain: AFP | Photographer: –

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“Since April 15 in Sudan, clashes between government and opposition forces in Khartoum and other states, including Darfur, have killed about 330 people and injured about 3,200 more,” the report said. regional director of the World Health OrganizationWHO)Ahmed Al Mandhari.

He noted that “reports of sexual harassment of international humanitarian workers are also of great concern, as are reports of attacks on medical facilities, including attacks on medical workers, military occupation of hospitals, looting and hijacking of ambulances.”

Al-Mandhari pointed out that insecurity “restricts movement in Khartoum”, making it difficult for doctors, nurses, patients and ambulances to access health centers and endangering the lives of those in need of urgent medical care.

hospitals

To date, according to the Ministry of Health, 20 hospitals are forced to close due to attacks or lack of resources, and eight more medical centers are at risk of closing due to staff fatigue or a lack of doctors and supplies, the report said. official representative of Oman.

However, the Union of Physicians Sudan He assured today that 70% of the hospitals located in Khartoum and states bordering the conflict are out of order: “Out of 74 hospitals in the capital and states bordering war zones, 52 hospitals are out of service.”

“We call on all parties to impose a long humanitarian pause as soon as possible so that people stranded in the war zone can find shelter,” Al-Mandhari said.

Other diseases

The WHO also noted that “multiple outbreaks of diseases are currently circulating in the country, including measles, poliovirus, the first ever dengue outbreak in Khartoum, and an increase in malaria cases across the country.”

Prior to the current crisis, 15.8 million people in Sudan – a third of the population – needed humanitarian assistance and now they are witnessing “a traumatic worsening of an already very difficult humanitarian situation.”

Sudan It is one of seven food insecure countries in the Horn of Africa, according to the WHO, and more than a quarter of the population is already facing a food crisis. (EFE)

Source: RPP

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