Mohammed Wahbi, who manages one of Sudan's largest children's hospitals in Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital Khartoum, said it normally received up to 300 paediatric patients a day. 'Despite all the best efforts of Sudanese doctors.who are working in extremely difficult conditions, this is certainly not a sustainable situation,' International Committee of the Red Cross regional director for Africa Patrick Youssef told Reuters.ĭr. More than 60 hospitals in conflict zones have been put out of service, and the 29 that are still operating are threatened by closure due to power and water cuts and shortage of staff, according to the United Nations.

Sudan's health sector was already on the edge of collapse due to a lack of resources before the conflict, and it has been shattered by nearly two months of fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across the country.

(This June 14 story has been refiled to add the word 'association' in paragraph 19)ĬAIRO (Reuters) - Kidney dialysis patients are dying and dead bodies have been left to decompose in a morgue and in city streets as Sudan's war rages on, despite efforts by volunteers and aid workers to keep critical healthcare running.

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