When renewed fighting broke out in May 2015 in Melut, where MSF runs a clinic within the PoC site and a hospital in the displaced camp called Denthoma 1, MSF was forced to suspend its services in the camp for 16 days, depriving the population of much needed health care at a critical time, but was able to continue providing care in the clinic within the PoC. In the first three days of the fighting, the ongoing insecurity prevented planes from landing so MSF was not able to evacuate its staff to safety or fly in medical supplies. The situation forced hundreds of people to seek shelter in the PoC. On 22 May, MSF was able to evacuate its team to safety.
Sixteen days later, MSF teams returned to Denthoma 1 camp in Melut to find the clinic and peripheral pharmacies looted and ransacked. However, they started work immediately to get essential services up and running again, including the emergency room, inpatient wards and malnutrition treatment.
The water supply station was not functioning so 20,000 residents in the camp were using untreated water from the Nile. MSF sent its water and sanitation adviser, Paul Jawor to identify the problem and get the system working again. Paul found several main water tanks riddled with bullets and the valves blocked by crushed plastic bottles.