A medical source in the oil rich area of Abu Jabra in Sudan’s Eastern Darfur state says that there is spread of an eye disease among the citizens especially children amid fear that it caused by oil pollution in the area.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the source who preferred not to be named said the eye disease could not been identified by the doctors in the hospital.
He revealed that the state ministry of health will soon visit the area accompanied by the national minister of health to assess the health condition in the area and the causes of the eye disease.
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