WHO says attack on Sudan hospital killed 64, including 13 children

The attack on a teaching hospital in al-Daein, the capital of Darfur" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="49077" data-entity-type="location">East Darfur state, has rendered the facility non-functional.An attack on a ⁠hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed at least ‌64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of ⁠the World ⁠Health Organization (WHO).In a social media post, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday that multiple patients, two female nurses and one male doctor were also among those killed in the attack on al-Daein Teaching Hospital in al-Daein, the capital of Darfur" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="49077" data-entity-type="location">East Darfur state, on Friday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Drone attack on market in Sudan kills 11, as air war civilian toll mountslist 2 of 4Students among 17 dead in RSF drone attack in Sudan’s White Nile Statelist 3 of 4Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr around the world amid shadow of warlist 4 of 4Sudan’s devastating war rages on as regional rivalries deepenend of listAnother 89 people, including eight healthcare staff, were wounded, he added.The attack damaged the hospital’s paediatric, maternity and emergency departments, rendering the facility nonfunctional and cutting off ‌essential medical services in the ‌city.“As a result of this tragedy, the total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan’s war has now surpassed 2,000,” said Tedros, adding that over the nearly three-year conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the WHO had confirmed the killing of 2,036 people in 213 attacks on healthcare.Sudanese rights group the Emergency Lawyers reported it was an army drone strike that hit the hospital.The war between the army and the RSF erupted in mid-April 2023, unleashing a wave of violence that has led to one of the world’s fastest-growing man-made humanitarian crises, with tens of thousands of people killed, more than 12 million forced from their homes, and more than 33 million people in need of humanitarian aid.The RSF dominate the vast Darfur region in western Sudan, while Sudan’s army is in control of the east, centre and north.