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Health Facilities.. The militia destroys the last refuges of citizens in search of life

Sudan Events – Abdul Basit Idris
The Sudanese Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, said that 50 doctors and medical workers have been killed in the war waged by Hemeti’s militia on the country, and hospitals are facing the specter of collapse due to the militia’s artillery shelling amid internal and external warnings of the repercussions of this on civilians.
New statistics:
In the latest statistical information on the losses of the health sector in Sudan, the Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, said that the militia killed 50 doctors and health cadres in the war waged by the Rapid Support RSF Militia on the country.
The minister indicated during his talk on the “In Brief” program on Sudan TV that the initial estimates of equipment and device losses are estimated at about $11 billion .
The minister revealed the loss of medicines worth $20 million in Gezira state after the militia stormed the city of Wad Madani in Gezira state.
The minister confirmed that the Rapid Support RSF Militia, in its war against the citizen, destroyed all pharmaceutical factories in Khartoum state, and destroyed all hospitals in West Darfur State.
According to Sudan Events follow-ups, (6) main hospitals and (10) private hospitals were completely destroyed and evacuated in Gezira state, in addition to the destruction and evacuation of about 150 treatment centers and others for receiving primary health care after the militia invaded a number of cities in the state and violated villages and killed and displaced the villagers.
Bombing a hospital
In addition, the governor of Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, said that the Rapid Support RSF Militia deliberately bombed the Saudi Hospital for Women and Maternity in the city of Al-Fasher and caused great destruction to it.
Minawi added in a tweet that the bombing resulted in the death of a doctor after the southern hospital was completely destroyed and taken out of service.
Minawi explained that the destruction of hospitals was planned by the state supporting the militia – referring to the Emirates – expressing his regret that this happened by a member state of the United Nations UN .
Enforced disappearance:
For his part, Dr. Mohamed Awad told (Sudan Events ) that doctors and health cadres have been a target of Hemeti’s militia since the first day of the war, and he believes that the number of victims among doctors and medical cadres announced by the Minister of Health is greater than that.
He said that the Minister of Health neglected to address the doctors and cadres who were forcibly disappeared, especially in the first months of the war, when the militia stormed hospitals and centers in Khartoum and took dozens of doctors, male and female, nursing and anesthesia cadres to unknown locations.
No one knows their fate until now. He pointed out that militia members stayed in hospitals and placed many patients and doctors as human shields and turned hospitals into military headquarters for which they brought weapons.
Al-Naw shelling:
Last week, dozens were killed and injured in artillery shelling by the Rapid Support RSF Militia on Al-Naw Hospital in Omdurman with more than 15 shells, according to eyewitnesses.
Later, the army said it was able to destroy the cannon that the militia used to shell the hospital from the direction of Bahri city.
Doctors Without Borders : said that the militia shelling killed three people, including a volunteer, and injured 27 others.
WHO Warns:

Earlier, the World Health Organisation WHO said that Sudan’s hospitals are on the brink of collapse. The organization’s regional director, Hanan Hassan Balkhi, said according to Asharq Al-Awsat that the crisis has become frightening and that about 70 to 80 % of hospitals in the states affected by the conflict are not functioning, either because of attacks targeting them, or a lack of medical supplies and operating requirements, or a lack of health workers, noting that hospitals are crowded with patients and the injured with the continued flow of people seeking care, many of whom are internally displaced.
In addition, UNICEF said that after a year of war in Sudan, the continuation of fierce hostilities and potential famine create ominous conditions for the tragic loss of children’s lives.
“As the ensuing crisis continues to worsen, the lives, education and future of a generation of Sudanese children are at stake,” UNICEF added in a statement. “
Some 4 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition this year, including 730,000 children who are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition, which threatens their lives,” the organization said.

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