An attack on the main hospital in the western Sudanese town of El-Fasher has killed nine people and wounded 20, the head of the World Health Organization said, forcing the facility to halt operations.
In a posting on X Saturday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “continued attacks on health across Sudan are deplorable.”
“We urge for the protection of all patients and health professionals, and for all attacks on and around health facilities to stop,” he added.
A medic, who works at the hospital, told AFP Saturday that operations at the facility have come to a complete halt following the drone attack by paramilitaries early Friday morning.
“The hospital has completely stopped working,” the doctor said, requesting anonymity because…
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