PORT SUDAN (Reuters) - The army-controlled coastal city of Port Sudan has become a refuge from the war raging to the west, but its health system is in ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSPORT SUDAN - The army-controlled coastal city of Port Sudan has become a refuge from the war raging to the west, but its health system is in near collapse due to power cuts and scarce supplies - and staff shortages now exacerbated by striking doctors.
"It is exhausting, there are many patients and there's a lot of suffering," said Omar al-Saeed, a striking nurse at Port Sudan teaching hospital.War broke out in April, four years after the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir during a popular uprising. Tensions between the army and the RSF, which jointly staged a coup in 2021, erupted over disagreements about a plan to transition to civilian rule.
United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths has warned that the war was fueling"a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions" in Sudan and that several diseases, including malaria, measles, and dengue fever, were on the rise.
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