02:55Sudan's Ministry of Health declared a nationwide Cholera epidemic on Saturday as Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim stated that the spread was triggered by unsafe drinking water, indicating that the hardest hit areas are Kassala and the al-Qadarif states.
Footage captured on Saturday shows patients receiving treatment at the Wad al Hulaywah Rural Hospital in Kasala State. Health workers are seen spraying pesticides to eliminate house flies, which are believed to be responsible for the further spread of the virus.
"The [death] tally stands at six, along with 150 cases. After being informed of these cases, all medical supplies have been provided; thank God. Constant contact has been active with the Medical Supplies and Health Emergency department to ensure that all drugs are accessible," explained Yasin Mohammed Ali, Director of Medical Affairs at the hospital.
"However, we suffer a severe lack of means to cope with acute diarrhoea. That is because most of our district residents rely on rivers to obtain drinking water. It is contaminated and needs to be processed in a move that requires volunteers to sanitise the water," the doctor added.
Local woman, Olweia al-Ser, said she had taken her daughter to the hospital after she began to feel severe pain in her stomach.
"She said: 'Mother, my heart aches'. After giving her a glucose solution, she began to vomit and her body froze like ice. So I told her let's go to the Rural Hospital. Upon arrival, I was holding her in my arms and my entire body was covered in diarrhoea,” she said.
“I rushed to the doctor and told him my daughter was not feeling well. He came to see her and told me she had passed away. My family came after I called them to prepare her funeral,” the woman added.
WHO official Margaret Harris announced on Friday that "the humanitarian crisis from the conflict in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more than 300 people."
Harris added that "11,327 cholera cases with 316 deaths had been reported and that dengue fever and meningitis infections were also on the rise."
Sudan has been grappling with dire conditions since fighting first broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April, claiming at least 15,000 people, according to the United Nations.
More than eight million people have been forcibly displaced in Sudan, including 1.8 million who fled abroad. Sudan has become the largest internal displacement crisis in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
'Her body froze like ice' - Patients receive treatment in Sudan amid nationwide cholera epidemic
Sudan's Ministry of Health declared a nationwide Cholera epidemic on Saturday as Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim stated that the spread was triggered by unsafe drinking water, indicating that the hardest hit areas are Kassala and the al-Qadarif states.
Footage captured on Saturday shows patients receiving treatment at the Wad al Hulaywah Rural Hospital in Kasala State. Health workers are seen spraying pesticides to eliminate house flies, which are believed to be responsible for the further spread of the virus.
"The [death] tally stands at six, along with 150 cases. After being informed of these cases, all medical supplies have been provided; thank God. Constant contact has been active with the Medical Supplies and Health Emergency department to ensure that all drugs are accessible," explained Yasin Mohammed Ali, Director of Medical Affairs at the hospital.
"However, we suffer a severe lack of means to cope with acute diarrhoea. That is because most of our district residents rely on rivers to obtain drinking water. It is contaminated and needs to be processed in a move that requires volunteers to sanitise the water," the doctor added.
Local woman, Olweia al-Ser, said she had taken her daughter to the hospital after she began to feel severe pain in her stomach.
"She said: 'Mother, my heart aches'. After giving her a glucose solution, she began to vomit and her body froze like ice. So I told her let's go to the Rural Hospital. Upon arrival, I was holding her in my arms and my entire body was covered in diarrhoea,” she said.
“I rushed to the doctor and told him my daughter was not feeling well. He came to see her and told me she had passed away. My family came after I called them to prepare her funeral,” the woman added.
WHO official Margaret Harris announced on Friday that "the humanitarian crisis from the conflict in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more than 300 people."
Harris added that "11,327 cholera cases with 316 deaths had been reported and that dengue fever and meningitis infections were also on the rise."
Sudan has been grappling with dire conditions since fighting first broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April, claiming at least 15,000 people, according to the United Nations.
More than eight million people have been forcibly displaced in Sudan, including 1.8 million who fled abroad. Sudan has become the largest internal displacement crisis in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Sudan's Ministry of Health declared a nationwide Cholera epidemic on Saturday as Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim stated that the spread was triggered by unsafe drinking water, indicating that the hardest hit areas are Kassala and the al-Qadarif states.
Footage captured on Saturday shows patients receiving treatment at the Wad al Hulaywah Rural Hospital in Kasala State. Health workers are seen spraying pesticides to eliminate house flies, which are believed to be responsible for the further spread of the virus.
"The [death] tally stands at six, along with 150 cases. After being informed of these cases, all medical supplies have been provided; thank God. Constant contact has been active with the Medical Supplies and Health Emergency department to ensure that all drugs are accessible," explained Yasin Mohammed Ali, Director of Medical Affairs at the hospital.
"However, we suffer a severe lack of means to cope with acute diarrhoea. That is because most of our district residents rely on rivers to obtain drinking water. It is contaminated and needs to be processed in a move that requires volunteers to sanitise the water," the doctor added.
Local woman, Olweia al-Ser, said she had taken her daughter to the hospital after she began to feel severe pain in her stomach.
"She said: 'Mother, my heart aches'. After giving her a glucose solution, she began to vomit and her body froze like ice. So I told her let's go to the Rural Hospital. Upon arrival, I was holding her in my arms and my entire body was covered in diarrhoea,” she said.
“I rushed to the doctor and told him my daughter was not feeling well. He came to see her and told me she had passed away. My family came after I called them to prepare her funeral,” the woman added.
WHO official Margaret Harris announced on Friday that "the humanitarian crisis from the conflict in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more than 300 people."
Harris added that "11,327 cholera cases with 316 deaths had been reported and that dengue fever and meningitis infections were also on the rise."
Sudan has been grappling with dire conditions since fighting first broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April, claiming at least 15,000 people, according to the United Nations.
More than eight million people have been forcibly displaced in Sudan, including 1.8 million who fled abroad. Sudan has become the largest internal displacement crisis in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).