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Sudan to establish police force to protect health workers
by Samy Magdy, The Associated Press
Posted May 23, 2020 11:14 am EDT
Last Updated May 23, 2020 at 11:16 am EDT
CAIRO — Sudan’s transitional authorities are working to create a police force to protect health facilities, the prime minister’s office said Saturday, as attacks against health workers and hospitals increase amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came after doctors across the country threatened Thursday to go on strike to pressure authorities to provide protection for health workers and facilities.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok met with representatives of doctors on Friday to find “decisive and strict solutions” to “the phenomenon of repeated attacks on health workers,” his office said in a statement.
The government will introduce a draft bill to provide protection to health workers, the statement said.
Sudan to establish police force to protect health workers
by Samy Magdy, The Associated Press
Posted May 23, 2020 11:14 am EDT
Last Updated May 23, 2020 at 11:16 am EDT
CAIRO — Sudan’s transitional authorities are working to create a police force to protect health facilities, the prime minister’s office said Saturday, as attacks against health workers and hospitals increase amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came after doctors across the country threatened Thursday to go on strike to pressure authorities to provide protection for health workers and facilities.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok met with representatives of doctors on Friday to find “decisive and strict solutions” to “the phenomenon of repeated attacks on health workers,” his office said in a statement.
The government will introduce a draft bill to provide protection to health workers, the statement said.