Juba Teaching Hospital is experiencing power cuts and a shortage of medicines as gunshot victims continue to arrive this morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation at the hospital is critical,\u201d said a reliable source inside the facility who declined to be named because of the presence of security personnel.<\/p>\n
At least two dead and five injured were received at the hospital this morning \u2013 both civilians and soldiers.<\/p>\n
The hospital has run out of supplies including syringes and certain drugs. There is also not enough gauze and bandages, and the operating theatre is full.<\/p>\n
Juba Teaching Hospital has no blood bank but family members are able to donate blood to their relatives directly, providing there is electricity to operate the laboratory. <\/p>\n
As of 9:30 this morning, however, there has been no electrical power at the hospital because of a shortag of fuel for the generators. Similar outages occurred yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are not enough doctors and nurses. They are cut-off because of the curfew,\u201d the source told Radio Tamazuj.<\/p>\n
Referring to overcrowding at the hospital, he added that \u201cThere is a ward with more than 30 people, all wounded with bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n
A doctor estimated yesterday that the number of wounded is about 100.<\/p>\n
An additional problem is that arguments have broken out between wounded fighters and security personnel present at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Juba Teaching Hospital is the main civil hospital in the country\u2019s capital. Other wounded have been taken to the UN hospital, military hospital or private clinics.<\/p>\n
File photo<\/em><\/p>\n Related: Hospital overwhelmed in South Sudan capital<\/a> (16 December 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n