2023-04-21 17:03:00
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Friday, April 21, 2023 07:03 PM
The Sudanese army agreed to a truce for 3 days, starting today, Friday, to enable citizens to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr.
In another context, the Sudanese Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Ibrahim, confirmed today, Friday, that since the outbreak of clashes in Sudan, the health situation has witnessed a great impact, especially in a number of states, including Khartoum, North Kordofan, the Northern State and four states of Darfur.
The Sudanese Minister of Health said – in a telephone interview with Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath channel – that hospitals and health institutions recorded more than 3,500 injuries, including regarding 1,900 to 2,000 injured in Khartoum alone, and also witnessed the highest death rate, which amounted to more than 130 deaths out of a total of 400. condition.
He added that the central hospitals in Khartoum were greatly affected, as the clashes took place inside cities and main roads, especially hospitals close to the leadership and military services sites, in addition to some hospitals in the interlocking sites east of the Nile, south of Khartoum, and Omdurman, and became out of service.
He explained that the total number of hospitals in Khartoum is regarding 130 public and private hospitals, and according to the daily report, a third of these hospitals are out of service and the other hospitals do not function adequately, as they barely perform emergency operations and are staffed with medical staff on an ongoing basis due to the difficulty of access for medical personnel and staff due to the lack of security of roads. While some hospitals operate largely on volunteers.
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