The Ministry confirmed that the leaders of both parties have been contacted to demand that they stay away from hospitals and health facilities and not take them as focal points
Today, Wednesday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has risen to 512, with 4,193 injuries as of yesterday.
The ministry said that Khartoum state alone witnessed 169 deaths and 2,403 injuries during that period.
She stated that the leaders of the two parties had been contacted to demand that they move away from hospitals and health facilities and not take them as focal points, in order to facilitate the movement of cadres, doctors and supply operations.
She pointed out that health services in the country are “relatively stable”, and that some hospitals have returned to service after stopping, adding that coordination has been made for drug supply and disease control from the World Health Organization and a number of organizations operating in the country.
Earlier in the day, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that 61% of health facilities in Khartoum are closed, and only 16% of them are operating as usual, and more deaths are expected in Sudan due to disease outbreaks in light of the situation in the country.
Ghebreyesus noted that WHO has stocks of essential medicines, blood bags and surgical supplies awaiting delivery, “but we need to provide safe access to do that.”
2023-04-26 15:45:00
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