Sudan: Khartoum Hospitals Shut Due To Ongoing Fighting

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A man sits by shuttered shops in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 17, 2023. Sudan's embattled capital has awoken to a third day of heavy fighting between the army and a powerful rival force for control of the country. Airstrikes and shelling intensified on Monday in parts of Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Khartoum’s hospitals have been thrown into chaos by the explosion of violence between Sudan’s two top generals.

People have been unable to leave their homes since Saturday as the two sides engaged in gun battles and bombarded each other with artillery and airstrikes.

More than 185 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded since the fighting erupted, according to United Nations figures.

At the Ahmed Qassem children hospital, medical staff had to evacuate all cases except the ones in the intensive care unit.

Supplies were running low, with doctors, nurses, patients and their relatives trapped inside for days as the Sudanese capital turned into a war zone.