An attack on a health center in Sudan left 64 dead, including 13 children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday, within the framework of the war that has devastated the country since April 2023.
Since the beginning, the armed conflict has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced, causing what the UN described as “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
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“WHO has verified yet another attack on healthcare in Sudan. This time, the El-Daein Teaching Hospital in the East Darfur capital of El-Daein was attacked, killing at least 64 people, including 13 children, two nurses, a doctor and multiple patients,” WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in X.
Likewise, Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that 89 people were also injured, including 8 health workers, and the pediatric, maternity and emergency areas of the hospital were also damaged.
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For its part, the UN humanitarian office in Sudan expressed its dismay “at yesterday’s attack on a hospital in East Darfur, which reportedly killed dozens of people, including children.”
Emergency Lawyers, the Sudanese rights group, which documents atrocities in the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (FAR), reported that an army attack hit El-Daein Teaching Hospital.
With information from AFP
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