The Sudanese Ministry of Health Emergency Operations Center has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that about 270 people have been killed and more than 2,600 have been injured in clashes in Sudan, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.
He added that there were reports that some medical facilities in the country were being looted or used for military purposes. He also said that hospitals in Sudan were experiencing shortages of medical personnel and supplies, as well as power outages, fuel shortages for power generators, water cuts, and other factors that create challenges for health workers and ambulances and put more lives at risk.
WHO teams will continue to work closely with health authorities of Sudan "to try and fill gaps in the provision of health care, especially for trauma," he noted, urging all sides to "heed the calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, to silence the guns and to work towards a peaceful resolution."
