Sudan: Hundreds At Risk As Khartoum Cut Off From Food and Medicine Supplies

The Khartoum Emergency Room set up by activists and members of resistance committees in the Sudanese capital said in a field report that 18 people were killed duringin El Azhari and Salama neighbourhoods yesterday and three people were killed in Muzdalifa and El Maygoma in Sharg El Neel in Khartoum North.

The resistance committees of El Kadaro reported that another eight people were killed, most of them from the same family, in area of Abu Halima area in the northern part of Khartoum North after shells fell in the area.in Khartoum, including in El Azhari, which puts civilians at risk.

The El Mansoura Emergency Room said in a statement yesterday important medicines are unavailable, and the ongoing fighting makes it impossible to obtain them. This is especially problematic for patients with diabetes and high blood pressure.The closure of roads and bridges and the fact that pharmacies are regularly robbed and looted have exacerbated the situation.

The situation in Khartoum is also affecting patients elsewhere in Khartoum. Last week, the Paediatric Diabetes Association in Ed Damazin, Blue Nile region, was forced toto more than 70 diabetic children because of the interrupted supply of insulin from the parent association in Khartoum. Power outages also prove to be a challenge. Last month Diabetes.co.uk said that"people in Sudan with diabetes are having to use bags of ice and wet towels to try and keep their insulin at a low temperature in the oppressive heat whilst also attempting to escape recent violence."Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox

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