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Almost 40 hospitals have been bombed out of service
19 April 2023 08:48 BST
Out of 59 local hospitals in the capital and states adjacent to the conflict areas at least 39 are no longer in service, a Sudanese doctors' union said on Wednesday.
The situation highlights the heavy toll the conflict is taking on the country.
In a statement on Facebook, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said that only 20 hospitals are now fully or partially operational even as deaths and injuries in the conflict mount.
Amongst the hospitals that no longer work "nine hospitals were bombarded, and 16 were forced evacuations," said the doctors union.
Ambulances are also being attacked by the military forces and many others were not allowed to pass to transport patients and receive aid added the union.