The recent outbreak of violence between Sudan’s two top generals has plunged Khartoum’s hospitals into disarray.
Since Saturday, residents have been unable to venture out of their homes as the warring factions engaged in intense gun battles and launched artillery and airstrikes at each other.
The fighting has resulted in the closure of numerous hospitals in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan, as medical and fuel supplies continue to dwindle, according to the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate.
Patients who have been unable to reach the center and continue their dialysis treatments are risking their lives, warned kidney department director Dr. Othman Taj el-Dein.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), the ongoing clashes pose a grave threat to millions of people, including approximately 24,000 women who are due to deliver babies in the next few weeks.
The abrupt eruption of violence has taken everyone by surprise, leaving medical professionals stranded inside hospitals and preventing other essential staff from reaching the facilities.