Sudanese people and Western staff are desperately trying to flee the country’s capital, Khartoum, where intense violence between rival factions is overwhelming hospitals with victims and multiple attempts to bring about a ceasefire have failed
. Bloody clashes and confrontations between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces have entered a sixth day, bringing chaos to the streets of Khartoum and other towns and cities near the capital. Around 300 people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured since the clashes erupted at the weekend, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Nine hospitals were bombed, and 19 were subject to forced evacuation, according to the union. The union also said that five ambulances had been attacked by military forces, and others were prevented from transporting patients for treatment and delivering aid. Attiyah Abdullah, general secretary of the Preliminary Committee of Sudan’s Doctors Union, said in an interview that there are “very few hospitals still in operation, and those that are, are on the edge of collapse.
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