Dr Abdulrahman Babiker cannot get back to work at his hospital as the UK refused to fly him back.
Dr Abdulrahman Babiker is due back at work at the Manchester Royal Infirmary where he has been working for four yearsAn NHS doctor trapped in Sudan after visiting family for Eid has urged the government to fly him back to the UK, saying he feels "betrayed" after being turned away from evacuation flights.
Dr Babiker, who has worked at the Manchester hospital for more than four years, told Newsnight: "To be honest I feel totally betrayed… I worked throughout Covid and I'm so disappointed."It is certainly not how Dr Babiker expected his perilous journey to Wadi Seidna airbase to turn out. Speaking from a relative's home in neighbouring Omdurman, he says he hoped to be helped to escape the conflict which has already claimed hundreds of lives.
The operation to rescue British nationals has undoubtedly been a difficult one, with priority given to children, the sick and the elderly. "I'd be more than happy to wait for other people to be evacuated before me, but to not have any chance to be evacuated in this very risky situation is.... I'm really feeling disappointed."UK nationals have to make their own way to the Wadi Seidna airstrip unescorted
Dr Baasher of the Sudanese Junior Doctor's Association added it would hit future recruitment to an already struggling health service.
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