Protesting doctors sent away in Nyala

Doctors suspect a measure to supress protestsAccording to reports from Nyala, the General Administration of the Ministry of Health in South Darfur issued a decision to transfer seven (7) doctors and public hospital workers arbitrarily to rural hospitals in the region. This measure apparently aims to suppress and silence the doctors who had carried out strikes recently to protest against the deterioration of their working conditions. A doctor told Radio Dabanga the administration would not tolerate further demands from their personnel, despite the doctors’ repeated calls for necessary equipment and funds.  “The doctors healed patients for free, but this week-long initiative stopped on Sunday. This new measure came as a surprise,” a doctor told Radio Dabanga. The Health Committee of the Legislative Council apparently met with the Doctors’ Committee yesterday and listened to their pleas. They announced that an additional meeting was to be held on Monday to assess the situation.