The Al-Barari Neighborhoods Emergency Room in the center of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, said on Tuesday that the neighborhoods are suffering from the spread of diseases and a severe shortage of medicines and intravenous solutions, which has led to almost daily deaths among residents.
A video clip taken at the “Unified Central Clinic” showed almost empty medicine shelves, patients in the clinic, and medical workers providing treatment to them and performing surgeries using phone lighting.
The “Al-Bari” area is a group of neighborhoods located near the Army General Command in the capital, Khartoum, which made it a scene of clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
One of the speakers said, “The disease has affected every barri area. In one house, you find 3 to 5 sick people, or the whole family is sick, and the cost of medical examination is very, very high, and we cannot afford it due to war conditions. We hear every day about very many deaths in the neighborhoods due to the disease.”
Another citizen said, “The central clinic suffers from a real shortage of medicines in the medical clinic, and we cannot obtain them, such as important medicines for patients with blood pressure and diabetes.”
He added, “The clinic receives 15 to 20 patients daily in a deplorable condition.”
Another patient receiving treatment at the medical clinic said, “During a year and a half during the war, we experienced a lot of pain, but the youth did not neglect us. They took risks and established the clinic, but it lacked a lot.”
As for Abbas Al-Tayeb, who the chamber said is a doctor responsible for the “Unified Central Clinic in Al-Barari,” he explained, “We have epidemics in the region, and the spread of malaria, and since the first of December until now there have been more than 200 cases, until it has become a normal thing, and their medications are “None.”
In late May, the World Health Organization warned of the collapse of the health care system in Sudan, especially in areas that are difficult to reach due to the war, and said that health facilities are being looted and suffer from a severe shortage of staff, medicines, vaccines, equipment and supplies.