Cardiology Outpatient Clinics
Sudan - Wad Madani, Atbara
Since fighting broke out on 15 April 2023, war in Sudan has spread throughout the country and displaced millions. EMERGENCY immediately reshaped its activities.
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A network of clinics to ensure continuity of care for patients treated at the Salam Centre
The ongoing fighting in Sudan is particularly intense in Khartoum, making travel to the capital very difficult: the roads are unsafe, there is a shortage of vehicles and money, and people try to move as little as possible.
In this context, many cardiac surgery patients are unable to travel to the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery for necessary follow-up examinations and medications they need for life following surgery.
To ensure as much continuity of care as possible, we are setting up a network of cardiology clinics in several government hospitals in Sudan. They function as satellite clinics of the Salam Centre and provide follow-up examinations and anticoagulation therapy for post-operative cardiac surgery patients.
In these facilities, we also provide pre-operative examinations to patients in need of cardiac surgery.
The first satellite clinics, in Wad Madani and in Atbara
The first satellite clinics have been open since August 2023 in Wad Madani, Gezira State, and in Atbara, River Nile State.
Because of intensified fighting in the Wad Madani area, in mid-December we suspended activities and evacuated our staff – a team of 10 people, including surgeons and pharmacists, who are all Sudanese but not residents in the city.
We see between 10 and 20 patients per day: both patients from the Salam Centre who need follow-ups after cardiac surgery, and those on the waiting list for surgery whose health is being monitored.
The clinic staff consists of a medical officer, a nurse and a pharmacist, all with previous experience at the Salam Centre.
Update from the Clinics, November 2023
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