WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan health services

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WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan health services

The head of the World Health Organization has called for an end to attacks on health workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens.

“As the only functional hospital in El Fasher, the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital provides services which include gyn-obstetrics, internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics, along with a nutrition stabilisation centre,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X after the Friday strike.

“We continue to call for a cessation of all attacks on health care in Sudan, and to allow full access for the swift restoration of the facilities that have been damaged,” he said.

The war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in April 2023 due to disputes over the integration of the two forces.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands, driven millions from their homes and plunged half of the population into hunger.

It has also produced waves of ethnically driven violence blamed largely on the RSF, creating a humanitarian crisis.

Darfur Governor Mini Minnawi said on X that an RSF drone had struck the emergency department of the hospital in the capital of North Darfur, killing patients, including women and children.

Fierce clashes have erupted in El Fasher between the RSF and the Sudanese joint forces, including the army, armed resistance groups, police, and local defence units.

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