Women, Children Most Affected in South Sudan Continuing Violence: MSF
The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said that women and children are the most affected persons in the ongoing inter and intra-tribal conflicts in South Sudan states. 19 May 2013 By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 19 May 2013 [Gurtong] –In a statement released on Saturday, MSF said it has treated up to 16 patients with gunshot wounds, with the fourteen victims all women and children following an armed cattle attack in the early hours of Saturday in a village in Ulang County, Upper Nile State. “This is of great concern that civilians, and especially women and children are the most affected by such an attack”, said Raphael Gorgeu, MSF Head of Mission in South Sudan. Two of the patients including an eight year old child died on due course of rescue as injuries they got were too much. One of them is a 12 years old girl with multiple small bowel injuries, left colon injuries and sacral fracture. Another one is a 20 years old woman with lacerations of the liver described the statement. MSF said it is still expecting more victims for treatment. In Nasir, MSF runs 82-bed hospital offering primary and secondary healthcare, including surgery, emergency services, obstetric and pediatric care, treatment for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis and treatment for malnutrition. In 2012 in Nasir, MSF carried out 65,505 outpatient consultations, admitted 2495 patients to hospital, performed 459 surgeries and assisted 751 deliveries mainly causalities affected by inter and intra tribal conflicts. This recent conflicts depict the scale of the increasing insecurity situation in the country in which the UN had earlier on already warned unless extra efforts are exerted, the situation risks an out break of a national disaster. Posted in: Home, Governance, Humanitarian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
