Al Naw Hospital in Omdurman is the last functioning public hospital in Sudan’s capital. Every day, it treats dozens of civilians wounded in the ongoing war, as well as regular patients. Since April 2023, a brutal conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has torn the country apart. This war came after decades of dictatorship, a revolution in 2019, and the collapse of Sudan’s fragile democratic hopes. The hospital itself has come under attack multiple times by RSF forces. Still, it remains open—one of the only places where people can seek care. Supplies are almost gone. There’s not enough medicine, oxygen, equipment, or space. People die from infections that would be treatable anywhere else. Some patients never leave—not because they’re still being treated, but because the hospital has become a shelter for displaced families. Many of the doctors are themselves refugees or survivors of violence. They sleep at the hospital, working nonstop under extreme pressure.
Al Naw Hospital in Omdurman is the last functioning public hospital in Sudan’s capital. Every day, it treats dozens of civilians wounded in the ongoing war, as well as regular patients. Since April 2023, a brutal conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has torn the country apart. This war came after decades of dictatorship, a revolution in 2019, and the collapse of Sudan’s fragile democratic hopes. The hospital itself has come under attack multiple times by RSF forces. Still, it remains open—one of the only places where people can seek care. Supplies are almost gone. There’s not enough medicine, oxygen, equipment, or space. People die from infections that would be treatable anywhere else. Some patients never leave—not because they’re still being treated, but because the hospital has become a shelter for displaced families. Many of the doctors are themselves refugees or survivors of violence. They sleep at the hospital, working nonstop under extreme pressure.