The Ministry of Health in Upper Nile state has recognized the deterioration of health conditions at Malakal Hospital.
Charles Yor, the state health minister, told Radio Tamazuj that patients at the hospital are suffering due to lack of medicines and medical personnel, especially in the fields of radiology and blood bank, which does not exist in Malakal.
Yor explained that they also lack stores where they can properly keep drugs and equipments. At present the heat and weather make drugs susceptible to damage.
He also acknowledged lack of specialists in the obstetrics and gynecology department in addition to lack of laboratory tools and non-rehabilitation of the section.
“We can’t call this as a hospital, where dirt and medical wastes are piled up through the sections,” said Yor.
The minister also commented on the growth of weeds and spread of mosquitoes and flies in large quantities, spreading many diseases as a result.
He admitted the high mortality rate among women, and attributed the reason to the absence of a women specialist since the expulsion of the Sudanese doctors.
File photo: Victims of Kala Azar outside Malakal hospital.