Dr Chistos Christou in Sudan - IV

Dr Christos Christou, the International President of Médecins sans frontières visits Zalengie in Darfur, Sudan where he recounts the devastating stories of violence within the area's only remaining medical facility.

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“They shot a patient and took equipment.”

@MSF International President Christos Christou visited the Zalengei teaching hospital, Sudan, the only functioning hospital in Central Darfur. After several lootings, MSF teams are supporting the rebuilding and equipping of the hospital.

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Eastern Chad and Darfur: Visit of the MSF International President Christos Christou

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB191126

Date taken / Date Recorded 23/03/2024 12:00 AM

Country Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-INTERNATIONAL

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Additional Information / Shotlist Transcript:

00:00 - 00:02 Today I'm in Zalingei.

00:02 - 00:05 Zalingei is the capital city of Central Darfur.

00:05 - 00:08 It is a city with a total population of more than 300,000 people.

00:08 - 00:13 There is only one hospital at the moment, very partially functioning.

00:13 - 00:17 MSF tries to start building some capacity

00:17 - 00:19 and bring back some of the equipment that is missing

00:19 - 00:23 in order to start at least the various essential facilities.

00:23 - 00:26 I have heard several horrific stories.

00:26 - 00:30 One of them said that they came, and they wanted to take the generator,

00:30 - 00:34 the batteries and all the equipment from the surgical department

00:34 - 00:37 But the surgeon was already operating on a patient

00:37 - 00:41 He asked them to wait at least until he finishes the operation

00:41 - 00:45 but they shot the patient and took the equipment.

00:45 - 00:48 I also heard other stories that they removed all the equipment

00:48 - 00:51 while they were operating on another pregnant woman.

00:51 - 00:56 The pregnant woman passed away, and the surgeon was also injured.

00:56 - 00:59 With a population of more than 300,000

00:59 - 1:01 You can imagine that one hospital is not enough.

1:01 - 1:07 There's many more needs and we need many more actors here to respond to them.

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Armed Conflict

Forced Displacement