As Hospitals Close and Doctors Flee, Sudan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing

With the battle for control of Sudan entering its third week, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum, a grim consequence of the brutal fighting that has raised fears the conflict could devolve into a wider humanitarian crisis.

The total collapse of the health care system could be days away, the Sudan Doctors’ Trade Union warned.

Hospitals have been shelled, and two-thirds of those in Khartoum have closed, according to the World Health Organization….