Sudan’s cancer patients struggle with medication costs, power cuts
Ethar al-Ser, Hamad’s daughter, said the family cannot afford paying 180 000 Sudanese pounds ($45) for her mother’s much-needed medication every 21 days, as Hamad lay on a rusty metal bench at the Khartoum Oncology Hospital, waiting for her son to buy her medication.
Another major challenge that cancer patients face is the power cuts, said Ahmed Omar Abdullah, director general of Khartoum Oncology Hospital, adding that patients need electricity to receive their treatment.
Ahmed al-Sheikh, head of the curative medicine directorate at the state’s health ministry, said efforts were underway to guarantee a stable power supply to the hospital and fix damaged devices.
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