Sudanese doctor warns of medical shortage

MENA

Published: 2023-04-30 17:42

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 18:20


Sudanese doctor warns of medical shortage
Sudanese doctor warns of medical shortage

Sudanese doctor Majzoub Saad Ibrahim said "The situation cannot be sustained more than a week. This is a huge problem," warning of a looming shortage in medical supplies in the city of ad-Damer, the capital of the River Nile state, north of Khartoum.

Fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has also impacted shop owners who rely on goods and "basic items that are regularly consumed" that are shipped from the ravaged capital.

-Clashes rock Sudan despite truce as ex-PM warns of 'nightmare'-

Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan's capital Sunday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the "nightmare" risk of a descent into full-scale civil war.

Army forces clashed with paramilitaries in downtown Khartoum as deadly hostilities have entered a third week despite the latest ceasefire, formally set to expire at the end of Sunday.

"There has been very heavy fighting and loud gunfire every few minutes since the early morning on my street," one southern Khartoum resident told AFP by phone.

Clashes were reported around the army headquarters in central Khartoum, and the army also carried out airstrikes in the capital's twin city of Omdurman across the Nile River.

Foreign nations have scrambled to evacuate thousands of their citizens by air, road and sea since the fighting plunged the poverty-stricken country into deadly turmoil on April 15.

Millions of Sudanese have endured crippling shortages of water, food and other basic supplies, while tens of thousands have fled to neighboring countries, with more on their way.

Satellite images showed long bus convoys at the Egyptian border, while the UN said tens of thousands had escaped to Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic.

The turmoil could deepen further in the power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Sudan's former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok warned that the conflict could deteriorate into one of the world's worst civil wars if not stopped early.