Sudan crisis: Famine is looming, medical system crippling
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00:00 "This is one of the few hospitals still operating in Sudan.
00:04 And patients are lining up.
00:06 Some of them might never get the medicine they need.
00:09 Dozens of pharmaceutical factories have been hit in the civil war and had to cease operations."
00:14 "I hope the conflict ends soon and peace will be restored.
00:19 The shortage of medicine is a serious problem now.
00:22 I go to the hospital to buy medicine, but often I can't find it.
00:26 It's exhausting."
00:27 Sudan has been witnessing deadly clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah
00:34 Al Buran and Mohamed Daglo's paramilitary RSF Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.
00:41 In a little over a year, more than 15,000 people have been killed, around 33,000 wounded
00:47 and close to 9 million displaced.
00:49 "We need qualified and well-trained medical staff.
00:53 A lot of medical workers in Khartoum have fled abroad due to the war.
00:57 We need them now."
00:59 Around 80% of hospitals are no longer operating in the country, and the Ministry of Health
01:04 estimates the damage to the sector amounts to over 11 billion euros.
01:09 "Most of the essential medicines, like renal dialysis, like cancer, are asking to fill
01:18 this gap."
01:19 Severe disruptions in vaccination drives and access to drinking water have also triggered
01:24 epidemics of cholera, measles, malaria and dengue fever, threatening hundreds of thousands
01:30 of children across the country.