Al-Genaina, Jan.17(SUNA)-The Doctors Union in West Darfur State has affirmed in a statement issued Sunday that the death toll of the militia assault against Al- Genaina city, capital of the State, yesterday (Saturday, has risen to 48.
It added that the bloody incident which , started since Saturday morning, left 48 dead and 97 injured according the Union’s preliminary counting.
The statement said the medical cadre have been exerting great efforts to provide healthcare for the injured amid difficulty of movement and shortage of medical and health cadres.
The Union made urgent call for securing the health facilities along with providing means of transport escorted by regular forces for helping paramedics of the public and private health institutions reach to the injured who stranded at area of engagement along with providing the hospitals with medical supplies.
The Union urged its members to be ready for coming to their workplaces whenever a safe means of trans[port are provided, saying “ this is the sacred duty that we are committed to carry out.”
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