Daniel Comboni
Comboni Missionaries
Institutional area
Other links
Newsletter
Hospital Bombed in Old Fangak, South Sudan
Monday, May 5, 2025
The non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) strongly condemns the attack that hit its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, this morning [Saturday, May 3, 2025], causing the injury of one patient and two health workers, while the pharmacy and all the hospital supplies were destroyed. The attacks, MSF reports in a note, also hit the market and the town of Old Fangak, causing at least seven deaths and 20 injuries. [MSF and Agenzia Nova.news]
Despite the attack, MSF has been treating the wounded – four of whom are in critical condition – in its hospital, which is the only hospital in the county that can cater to over 110,000 people. MSF’s hospital in Old Fangak was hit by a bombing this morning, when two helicopter gunships dropped a bomb on the MSF pharmacy at around 4:30 a.m. local time, reducing it to ashes, before continuing to bomb the town of Old Fangak for around 30 minutes. Then, around 7 a.m., a drone bombed the town’s market, causing at least seven deaths and 20 injuries. “At 8 a.m., we treated around 20 wounded in our hospital in Old Fangak, four of whom are in critical condition,” said Dr. Maman Mustapha, MSF head of mission in South Sudan.
To continue reading the article click here.