In brief
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center announced a project to modernise six Sudanese government hospitals and set up three new oxygen plants, aiding roughly three million people. The initiative, run with Al‑Kafaat Organization, follows earlier successes in twenty‑six hospitals and nine oxygen plants across the country.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched a project on Saturday to upgrade six Sudanese government hospitals and build three new oxygen plants, a move that the agency says will benefit around three million people.
According to a Saudi Press Agency statement issued from Khartoum, the project will modernise the Ahmed Gasim Hospital for Cardiac Diseases and Kidney Transplantation and Bashair University Hospital in Khartoum State; Hasahesa Teaching Hospital and Al‑Managil Teaching Hospital in Al‑Jazirah State; El‑Obeid Teaching Hospital in North Kordofan State; and Al‑Ashi Orthopedic Hospital in Red Sea State.
The plan also includes new oxygen plants at Ahmed Gasim Hospital, the Saudi Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Al‑Buluk Children’s Hospital, all located in Khartoum State.
KSrelief said the project will supply equipment for emergency, intensive care, paediatric, inpatient, imaging and laboratory departments, and equip operating rooms with ventilators, defibrillators, surgical endoscopes and X‑ray and ultrasound machines. Installation, commissioning and training for medical and technical staff will also be provided.
Ambassador Al‑Harbi, speaking on behalf of the Saudi government, stated that rehabilitating hospitals is a direct form of support for the Sudanese people. He added that the programme has already rehabilitated 26 hospitals in ten states and set up nine oxygen plants across the country.
The project is part of KSrelief’s third phase of a broader programme to supply government hospitals with modern medical devices, carried out in cooperation with the implementing partner Al‑Kafaat Organization for Human Studies and Development.
Saudi Arabia has been engaged in humanitarian relief efforts in Sudan for several years, with KSrelief delivering aid to support the health sector and strengthen the capacity of local medical institutions.
