Dozens of Babies Have Died in Khartoum Orphanage During War - Report Radiodabanga: Sudan
Dabanga Reports emerged that more than 50 children died of starvation and dehydration in Mygoma orphanage in Khartoum since the war started in mid-April."They needed to be fed every three hours. There was no one there," Dr Abeer Abdullah told news outletSince the outbreak of the war, there is not enough staff to care for children in the Mygoma state-run orphanage in Khartoum. Most of the deaths are newborns, less than a year old, who need the most frequent feeding.
Dr Abdullah told Reuters that the scenes of babies lying dead in their cribs have been"terrifying"."It is very painful." Many orphanage workers were forced to stay home or flee when the war started. Mygoma became so understaffed that there were only about 20 carers for the roughly 400 children, doctor Doaa Ibrahim told Reuters. Each carer thus needs to take care of 20 children, whereas there would usually be one carer for every five children.
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