Doctors stopped from working in South Darfur camp

Doctors stopped working in three health centres at Otash camp, near Nyala in South Darfur since last Wednesday. Government forces stormed the site days earlier for an inspection and prevented doctors from working.The closing of health centres in the camp caused a “health crisis and fear” among the displaced people, according to the spokesman for Otash. “If doctors do not resume work within the camp, it will cause a major crisis,” he said.The spokesman said they had held a meeting with the commission of the locality, which has promised to resume the doctors working at health centres next Sunday.Separately, Otash residents are experiencing a lack of gas for eight days, the spokesman explained. “The lack of gas may cause disruption with the 33 water pumps inside the camp.”According to a woman working in the camp, the organisation does not have the funding to solve the problem of the water pumps and wants to leave the financing to the displaced themselves.File photo: Arm circumference (MSF)Related: Sudanese army, Abu Tira, police storm South Darfur camp (20 November 2013)