KUWAIT, Aug 27 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), has equipped a hospital in Sudan, with a miniature operating room, to treat people affected by floods across the country, KRCS chairman, Hilal al-Sayer, said on Monday.
KRCS is collaborating with Kuwait’s foreign and defence ministries, as well as, the Sudanese Red Crescent, to make sure that urgent aid reaches the Sudanese people, he noted.
KRCS will continue to assess the situation in Sudan, to determine the scope of aid needed, he added.
The death toll in Sudan’s recent heavy rains and floods has exceeded 60, according to the Sudanese health ministry.
Earlier, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reported that the recent flooding in Sudan has affected an estimated 171,700 people.
According to the OCHA report, 22,634 homes have been destroyed and 11,702 damaged, and the majority of the affected people need emergency shelters, water, sanitation and hygiene services.
Since the beginning of Aug, most states in Sudan have been struck by heavy rains, which caused many houses to collapse and cut off main roads.– NNN-KUNA
