A Friday strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, killed at least 64, including 13 children, two nurses, one doctor, and multiple patients, and injured 89 others, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X/Twitter on Saturday.
WHO verified the attack, Ghebreyesus stated.
The total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan's civil war surpassed 2,000 following this strike, he noted.
Over 2,000 injured during three years of Sudanese civil war, WHO chief says
In the past three years of conflict, WHO found 2,036 people have been killed and more than 720 injured in 213 attacks on healthcare facilities, including the latest strike, he wrote.
"Beyond the devastating human toll, attacks on health care have immediate and long-term consequences for communities already in desperate need of both emergency and routine medical services," he wrote. "Al Deain Teaching Hospital is currently non-functional due to the extensive damage caused by the attack, resulting in a critical interruption of essential medical services."
"Enough blood has been spilled. Enough suffering has been inflicted. The time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan and ensure the protection of civilians, health workers, and humanitarians. Health care should never be a target. Peace is the best medicine," he concluded.