Egypt to send medical convoys, doctors to Darfur
April 9, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – Egypt will be sending medical convoys to Darfur over the next two weeks, an official at its embassy in the Sudanese capital said today.
The Egyptian acting charge d’ affaires Osama Shaltout said that the five convoys will be comprised of 88 doctors in different specializations to treat patients in the war ravaged region.
The convoys are a result of coordinated efforts by the Egyptian health ministry, Egyptian physicians syndicate and Arab physicians Union Shaltout said. The three groups are dispatching 40, 20 and 25 doctors to Darfur respectively.
The Egyptian diplomat also stated that the medical supplies and equipments sent are worth more than half a million dollars.
Shaltout said that Egypt “will spare no effort” to assist “our sister Sudan” and pledges more assistance in the coming days.
Last month Sudan expelled more than a dozen aid groups from Darfur after accusing them of passing information to the International Criminal Court (ICC) which issued an arrest warrant for president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.
The expulsion left substantial gap in food deliveries and medical teams, UN official said.
UN experts estimate some 300,000 people have died and 2.5 million driven from their homes. Sudan blames the Western media for exaggerating the conflict and puts the death toll at 10,000.
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Shogar
Egypt to send medical convoys, doctors to Darfur
The whole Arab states are a combination of dictatorships ruled by elite families grasping the wealth and leaving the citizens impoverished, hence we as wrongly forced to be part of them and due to our orgin its not a suprise that they have waken by ICC. The simplest question where they were when the regime in sudan killing 2millions of its citizens? forget a bout that up to 2007 there are a bout 108 international aid agencies in Darfur supplying foods and medics. In fact from 108 agencies only 3 from arab states and they’re mainley supplying advices to the regime misleading them about the west. The first plane hit the ground with aid was westren plane, also the first plane came from arab states to straving people of darfur was full of quran books!! Anyway the came is over as a marginalised people in sudan today is different from 10years or 50years ago! we as darfuri were misled by regimes to kill our brothers in south,and they understand that; cos now its all about right to live like a human. Time of placing their arse on chair and order marginalised to kill each other has gone for ever,