Doctors Without Borders said, on Friday evening, that the Rapid Support Forces targeted Bashayer Hospital, south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, by shooting its soldiers inside the hospital last Wednesday.
The international organization explained in a statement: “The attackers opened fire inside the emergency department, directly threatened the medical staff, and seriously disrupted life-saving care.”
She added: “We strongly condemn the violent incursion of the Rapid Support Forces into the emergency room of Bashayer Teaching Hospital in southern Khartoum” on Wednesday.
The organization called on the Rapid Support Forces to respect the neutrality of medical facilities and the safety of health care workers.
In the statement, the head of the MSF mission in Sudan, Samuel David Theodore, said: “Several RSF soldiers entered the emergency rooms and some of them began shooting at medical workers, threatening patients, MSF staff and the Ministry of Health.”
“Fortunately, no one was hurt,” Theodore added.
He stressed that attacks against medical facilities and health workers are unacceptable.
“Hospitals must remain safe places free from violence and intimidation, and the lives of staff should not be threatened while providing care,” Theodore stressed.
The statement indicated that Bashaer Teaching Hospital is one of the last functioning health facilities in southern Khartoum amid the ongoing conflict, where MSF staff tirelessly maintained life-saving activities under extremely difficult conditions.