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MSF Halts Medical Services at Khartoum Hospital Amid Ongoing Armed Attacks and Overwhelming Patient Needs

Khartoum, Sudan — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced the suspension of medical services at Bashair Teaching Hospital amid continuous violent attacks on its patients and staff. The hospital, under the control of Rapid Support Forces, has been a point of frequent violent incidents, inhibiting safe healthcare provision in south Khartoum. Over the past 20 months, MSF, alongside local hospital staff and volunteers, has regularly faced severe disruptions. Armed individuals have stormed the facility, …

MSF Decries Armed Assault on Khartoum Hospital, Demands Safety for Health Workers After Latest Violent Breach

Khartoum, Sudan – International medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) issued a stern condemnation following a distressing event wherein armed forces, identified as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), forcefully entered the Bashair Teaching Hospital’s emergency room in South Khartoum on December 18. During this intrusion, the assailants discharged firearms within the hospital’s confines, explicitly threatened the medical personnel, and significantly hindered critical medical operations. This alarming incident is part of a troubling pattern; a similar …

Humanitarian Crisis Deepens: MSF Ambulance Attacked in Haiti, Patients Fatally Targeted Amid Rising Violence

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – An ambush on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ambulance in Haiti’s capital has sparked outrage after resulting in the brutal killings of at least two patients, highlighting the perilous environment in which medical workers operate in the country. The targeted attack occurred this Monday in the Drouillard area, close to the MSF hospital, where an ambulance transporting three young gunshot victims was intercepted by vigilantes and law enforcement officers. The medical vehicle, …