Doctors Union says several medical institutions damaged in attacks

Hospitals and patients are increasingly bearing the brunt of fighting between the army and paramilitaries, Sudan's Doctors Union warned in a statement on Facebook. 

According to the union, severe damage has been confirmed in several major hospitals in the country.

"We have repeatedly appealed to the parties involved in the conflict not to attack health facilities and keep them safe, but what happened was exactly the opposite," it said.

"Hospitals and health institutions in Khartoum and cities all over Sudan are being hit with heavy artillery and firearms."

The union raised the alarm after two major hospitals in the capital, al-Shaab Teaching Hospital and Khartoum Teaching Hospital, were put completely out of service.

The attacks have left "medical staff, patients, children, and companions in an unsafe environment and in a state of confusion and fear," said the statement.