Medicine shortages put patients in South Kordofan on the brink of death

 

Six people, including three children, have died in hospitals in Kadugli, South Kordofan, due to a lack of medicine and treatment.

 

 

Kadogli is experiencing catastrophic conditions due to the war, with scarcity of livelihoods, food, and medicine. The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that food shortages have forced “3,070 people” to flee the city.

 

 

Medical sources confirmed to Sudan Tribune that three kidney failure patients died last week due to a lack of treatment and dialysis sessions at Kadugli Hospital.

 

 

Meanwhile, three children died in the same week due to complications from malnutrition and a lack of medicine and food.

 

 

In addition to the deceased kidney patients, doctors in the city told Sudan Tribune that others are waiting to die in hospitals due to the lack of medicine. The doctors reported that the expulsion and deportation of approximately 30 organizations, including the Norwegian Refugee Council and UN agencies, from the state has caused a humanitarian, medical, and health disaster.

 

 

Multiple sources in the city confirmed to Sudan Tribune that the price of a “malwa” (a local measure) of sorghum has hit 35,000 Sudanese pounds, while a kilo of onions costs 125,000 pounds. The scarcity is so extreme that single onion slices are being sold for 1,000 pounds each.

 

 

The sources stated that merchants impose a 25 percent discount on transfers and require purchases of goods from them for a specific percentage of the amount before the transfer is accepted.

 

 

According to Sudan Tribune “Supply routes to Kadugli have been severed. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) has cut off main roads while repeatedly shelling the city, most recently on August 3.

 

The crisis intensified after the SPLM-N captured the town of Umm Adara, severing a key trade route from the Al-Na’am market on the South Sudan border.

 

Simultaneously, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are blocking the passage of goods and aid from El-Obeid, a major transport hub, to Kadugli and other towns in South Kordofan, including Dilling.”

 

 

It added “Aid workers fear the humanitarian situation in Kadugli, Dilling, and surrounding villages will deteriorate further as access for essential supplies remains almost entirely cut off.”

 

 

Meanwhile, doctors have warned against citizens resorting to unknowingly consuming certain poisonous herbs.