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Sudan in Crisis As Hospitals Targeted, Healthcare Collapses

Intense fighting in El Fasher, Sudan has caused heavy casualties among civilians and damaged medical facilities, reports Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

The MSF-supported South Hospital has been repeatedly hit twice over the past few days. In addition, all three major medical facilities in the city have suffered damage due to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital of North Darfur. The violence has forced the closure of the city's only pediatric hospital and damaged another maternity hospital, leaving many in need without access to critical healthcare.

UN reports that the conflict has sparked a humanitarian crisis, with some 18 million people across the country going hungry and five million on the brink of famine.

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Patients rest while waiting to be treated inside El Fasher Hospital. Hospitals in El Fasher, North Darfur, have been repeatedly hit as violent fighting continues to escalate, leaving nowhere safe in the city. Sudan, July 2023.

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