RSF Forces Forcibly Evacuate Hospitals in Kordofan, Putting Patients’ Lives at Risk
West Kordofan – Mashawir
The Dar Hamar Emergency Room revealed that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had forcibly evacuated patients and civilians from six hospitals in West Kordofan State and repurposed the facilities to receive and treat wounded members of their forces following battles around the Ayal Bakhit area, north of Al-Khuwei town.
In a statement, the Emergency Room said the hospitals subjected to forced evacuation were Al-Kubra Hospital, Al-Nuhud Referral Hospital, Al-Nuhud Teaching Hospital, Al-Fula Hospital, the Chinese Hospital in Al-Fula, and Ghubaysh Hospital.
It indicated that it had documented the arrival of more than 350 wounded RSF members at the aforementioned hospitals, while approximately 150 civilians, including patients in critical condition, were denied access to treatment and medical care.
The Emergency Room accused the RSF of taking civilians to cemeteries in those areas at gunpoint and forcing them to dig graves and bury its dead fighters. It also reported that large numbers of RSF fighters killed in the fighting had been buried at various locations across the Kordofan region.
