Heavy fighting in al-Fashir could lead to closure of the Saudi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital, the only such health facility in al-Fashir, as well as other health facilities.
Al-Fashir, Altaghyee: Sara Taj Alsir
Dozens of women and children were killed in al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur State, on Tuesday due to heavy fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Meanwhile, the RSF published a video confirming that the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has left areas under its control.
The organisation, however, indicated in a statement on Tuesday that without getting medical supplies and extra staff members “it will be extremely difficult to continue to treat the wounded.”
Eyewitnesses told Altaghyeer that some parts of al-Fashir and Abu Shouk camp for displaced people have been subjected to RSF artillery shelling while the SAF intensive airstrikes hit other parts of the city.
The northern part of the Saudi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital, the only such health facility in al-Fashir, has been shelled. The Dialysis Centre was also affected by the fighting while Al-Fashir Southern Hospital is expected to stop work also, a matter that will exacerbate the already bad health-care system in the city.
The North Darfur’s Ministry for Health and Social Welfare condemned deliberate shelling of civilian objects, including hospitals and shelters, which represents serious violations of the international and humanitarian law and human rights conventions.
North Darfur suffers also food scarcity and soaring prices of essential goods threatening with famine.
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