As fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary closed in on government positions in the besieged Sudanese city of al-Fashir in October, a skeleton crew from the city¡¯s last functioning hospital treated a surge of wounded in a makeshift emergency room.
Shells pounded the area around Saudi Hospital, hitting civilians and combatants. It felt like ¡°doomsday,¡± said one nurse. Her scrubs became soaked with blood as patients streamed in. Staff wrapped wounds and broken limbs in mosquito netting, having run out of gauze and tourniquets.
¡°We had to jump over the dead bodies to get to the patients,¡± the nurse said. ¡°We couldn¡¯t bury them because the drones were overhead.¡±
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