MSF - Medical teams extremely concerned for those affected by the fighting
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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Medical teams extremely concerned for those affected by the fighting
Juba, 23 December 2013
Tensions and conflict across many regions of South Sudan continue one
week after they began. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without
Borders (MSF) emergency teams are increasing their response to
affected regions by treating the injured, donating drugs and medical
supplies to health facilities, and providing relief to those displaced
by the violence.
Fighting erupted in Bentiu, capital of Unity State on Friday, December
20th. The Bentiu Ministry of Health hospital received 42 wounded, with
19 requiring surgery. An MSF team is currently providing support to
Bentiu’s hospital focusing on pre and post-operative care, in
conjunction with ICRC.
Yesterday fighting broke out in Nasir, Upper Nile State. MSF’s
hospital in Nasir town received 24 gun-shot wounded patients, of which
16 were admitted to hospital, 2 died and 8 were treated in the
emergency room.
“We are deeply concerned for the safety of those caught up in the
violence,” says Mike White, MSF’s Head of Mission. “After thirty years
of working in South Sudan, we are committed to doing everything we
possibly can to help those most in need.”
In the country’s capital Juba, two emergency teams comprised of
medics, logistics staff and water treatment specialists have begun
providing medical care for the more than 20,000 people displaced by
the recent fighting.
“Yesterday while setting up the mobile clinic for the displaced in
Juba, there was still a queue of people arriving carrying all their
belongings, with their children in tow. With the ongoing conflict in
the country, people are unsure of how the situation will evolve and
are scared to return home,” says Forbes Sharp, MSF’s Emergency
Coordinator. “The situation is evolving fast in South Sudan and we are
reacting as best we can to the changing landscape of the violence.”
Emergency teams are being deployed to reinforce MSF’s existing
activities and to respond to needs as they arise. While MSF has
reduced the number of non-essential staff in favour of deploying
emergency-specialised teams, MSF’s medical activities continue to
operate in all twelve programmes across the country.
MSF call on all actors to respect medical facilities and workers and
to assure safe access to healthcare.
MSF has been working in the region that today constitutes the Republic
of South Sudan since 1983. MSF is present in eight of South Sudan’s
ten states and responds to many emergencies, including large-scale
displacement, refugee influxes, alarming nutrition situations and
peaks of disease, such as malaria and kala azar, in addition to
providing basic and specialist healthcare services.
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