Sudanese doctors on Thursday threatened a strike to protest against the repeated incidents of attacks on medical personnel in hospitals.
This came according to a statement of the unified office of physicians, which includes the Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan, the Syndicate of Doctors of Sudan and the Committee of Consultants and Specialists the day after the attack on a medical staff in Omdurman Hospital, west of Khartoum.
The statement called on the President of the Sovereign Council, Abd Al-Fattah Al-Burhan, and the Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdouk, to secure the doctors, and to quickly pass legislation to protect them and to increase the penalty for assaulting them.
The statement gave the authorities 3 days - ending on Saturday evening - to implement their demands, before making a collective decision to withdraw from hospitals and strike on the job, adding, "Either this law is passed now or all of you bear the responsibility for that."
This escalation comes in conjunction with local and international warnings of the collapse of the health sector in Sudan in light of the Corona outbreak, due to the lack of protection and prevention tools, which led to infection of medical crews with the virus.
Earlier, local media reported that a companion of a patient escorted a doctor and his assistants at Omdurman Hospital (government), and Twitter posters posted video clips of the incident, while the cause of the attack was not clear.
Doctors recently complained of repeated attacks on them by patients or members of the regular forces while performing their work in hospitals.
According to the latest census published by the Ministry of Health today, the country recorded 10 deaths and 410 injuries in Corona, which raised the total to 3, 138 injuries, including 121 deaths, and 309 recovery cases.