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The healthcare system in a western Sudanese city has totally collapsed, doctors warn
Meanwhile, thousands try to flee the country as fighting and looting rages on
In this screen grab taken from video, Sudanese and foreigners arrive in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, as they wait to be evacuated out of Sudan, Saturday April 29, 2023

THE healthcare system in a western city of Sudan has “totally collapsed,” a doctors’ union warned today, as thousands of people continue to attempt to flee the country.

The city of el-Geneina in western Sudan, near the country’s border with Chad, has been under an unprecedented barbaric onslaught since April 20, read a statement released today by the Sudan Doctors Syndicate (SDS).

The fighting there has resulted in hundreds of injuries and dozens of deaths, the union said.

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