Specialist evicted in West Kordofan – medics call strike in protest

Medical specialists in El Nahud in Sudan’s West Kordofan have announced a strike in hospitals and private clinics in protest against the locality commissioner’s forcible eviction of specialist Dr Mohamed El Amin from his house and clinic.

A healthcare source told Radio Dabanga that Dr El Amin is seen as one of the most respected, oldest and greatest specialists in the town.

He added that the evacuation from his house owned by the state Health Ministry and his clinic was a clear violation by the locality commissioner, an outright insult to the medical profession and a foreboding of the future of health work in the state.

Residence stormed

Last month, the deputy specialists of El Bashir Medical Centre in En Nahud, West Kordofan in Sudan have called-out a strike in protest against the storming of their residence.

They report that on Tuesday evening, the director-general of the hospital ordered the storming of the doctors’ quarters which were then broken-into. Their belongings were thrown outside.

In a statement, deputy specialists of surgery, anaesthesia, radiology, and ultrasound called for the dismissal the director-general of the hospital, provide them with adequate housing and improve the working environment.