The nursing administration at the dialysis center in El Fasher, Sudan’s North Darfur State, announced on Wednesday that the nurses at the center will go on strike, starting today, due to the non-payment of wages and incentives for nearly six months.
Sawsan Mohammed Hamid, head of the nursing department at the center, told Radio Tamazuj that the nurses at the dialysis center went on a comprehensive strike Wednesday due to the failure of payment of salaries for a period of one year.
“We have been working all these periods without salary and monthly incentive,” she said. She confirmed that she stands with the nurses in their demands, which she considers legitimate.
She also confirmed that she will also accompany her colleagues on strike tomorrow until the problem of salaries and incentives is resolved.
Dr. Tahani Adam Mohammed, Director General of the Dialysis Center in El Fasher, said that the center continued to work throughout the war period despite all the challenges it faced.
“The center faced shortages of fuel and medicine, and the violations faced by the centre’s workers, both male and female, residing in areas controlled by Rapid Support,” she stated.
Mohammed revealed that the center now hosts more than 8 or 9 patients coming from Nyala, in light of a severe shortage of consumables, medicines, and other needs, in addition to the added burden on nurses, all of which are without salary or incentive, and this forced the nurses to go on strike since Wednesday.
She said that the directives to upgrade the center to a regional center to accommodate patients from the rest of the states of Darfur, requires arrangements and redoubled efforts from specialized authorities, including the Federal Dialysis Center.
Sudan has plunged into chaos since fighting erupted in mid-April between the country’s two rival top generals. There is an increasing concern for those trapped and displaced by the war, and aid workers and civilians have said there’s a dire lack of essential services, medical care, food, and water.
The fighting has turned urban areas into battlefields.