Attack on Al Deain Teaching Hospital renders facility non-functional
\n East Darfur
\n0The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday \u200cthat a strike on a hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, killed at least 64 people, including children, medical staff and patients, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a \u200cpost on X.
\nWHO said the Friday attack on Al Deain Teaching Hospital has rendered the facility non-functional, cutting off essential medical services in the city.
\nIn a social media post, Ghebreyesus said that multiple patients, two female nurses and one male doctor were also among those killed in the attack on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in Al Deain, the capital of East Darfur state, on Friday night.
\nAnother 89 people, including eight health staff, were wounded, he added.
\nThe attack damaged the hospital\u2019s paediatric, maternity, and emergency departments, rendering the facility non-functional and cutting off \u200cessential medical services in the \u200ccity.
\n\u201cAs a result of this tragedy, the total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan\u2019s war has now surpassed 2,000,\u201d said Tedros, adding that over the nearly three-year conflict between Sudan\u2019s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the WHO had confirmed the killing of 2,036 people in 213 attacks on healthcare.
\nThere was no immediate information about who was behind the attack.
\nThe war between the army and the RSF erupted in mid-April 2023, unleashing a wave of violence that has led to one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing man-made humanitarian crises, with tens of thousands of people killed and more than 12 million forced from their homes.
\nBoth sides have been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, while the RSF has been implicated in atrocities in Darfur that United Nations experts say bear the hallmarks of genocide.
\n\u201cEnough blood has been spilled. Enough suffering has been inflicted,\u201d Tedros said. \u201cThe time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan and ensure the protection of civilians, health workers, and humanitarians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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