Since fighting broke out on 15 April 2023, war in Sudan has spread throughout the country and displaced millions. EMERGENCY immediately reshaped its activities.

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A network of clinics to ensure continuity of care for patients treated at the Salam Centre

The ongoing fighting in Sudan is particularly intense in Khartoum, making travel to the capital very difficult: the roads are unsafe, there is a shortage of vehicles and money, and people try to move as little as possible.

In this context, many cardiac surgery patients are unable to travel to the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery for necessary follow-up examinations and medications they need for life following surgery.

To ensure as much continuity of care as possible, we have set up a network of cardiology clinics in several regions in Sudan. They function as satellite clinics of the Salam Centre and provide follow-up examinations and anticoagulation therapy for post-operative cardiac surgery patients.

EMERGENCY has satellite clinics in Atbara, Kassala and Gedaref. In these facilities, we also provide pre-operative examinations to patients in need of cardiac surgery.

Due to intensified fighting in the area, in mid-December we suspended activities and evacuated the staff of the satellite clinic in Wad Madani (Gezira State): ten Sudanese colleagues, including surgeons and pharmacists, who were not residents of the city.

Staff at our cardiology clinics include a medical officer, a nurse and a pharmacist, with previous experience at the Salam Centre.