Mohamed Abdelgader, spokesperson for the Sudan Doctors Network, confirmed that the network had documented the shutdown of a large number of healthcare facilities during the war due to shelling, destruction and looting.
He said that in Khartoum State alone, approximately 120 hospitals and 288 health centres had sustained damage and gone out of service to varying degrees during the conflict.
He noted that in Sennar State, the network had documented 365 health facilities, centres and health units going out of service as a result of destruction and looting linked to the conflict. Meanwhile, areas of South Kordofan, particularly Dilling and Kadugli, along with Darfur and the Blue Nile region, have been among the areas most affected by drone attacks.
He added that these attacks had disrupted major hospitals and significantly reduced the operational capacity of healthcare facilities.
Abdelgader explained that since the outbreak of the war 42 months ago, the health sector had suffered extensive damage, including the direct and partial destruction of hospitals and health centres, as well as the suspension of services due to shelling, shortages of supplies and the looting of medical equipment.
He pointed out that the increasing use of drones over the past two years had exposed healthcare facilities to repeated attacks, particularly in the states of Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile.
The network, he said, had documented several cases in which hospitals and treatment centres were targeted by drones, resulting in entire healthcare facilities going out of service and casualties among patients and healthcare workers.
