More than 40 hospitals and 244 health Centers have resumed operations in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, following extensive damage sustained during the conflict between the Sudanese Army and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the Sudan Doctors Network. The update was issued on Wednesday (31 December 2025).
The network reported that the reopened facilities form part of 120 hospitals and 288 health Centers that were damaged during fighting in the capital. During the first year of the war, nearly 70 per cent of Khartoum’s hospitals were fully or partially forced out of service due to shelling, looting and acute shortages of medical supplies. More than 120 public and private hospitals were looted, significantly weakening the capital’s ability to meet rising healthcare demands. Key national health infrastructure, including the National Public Health Laboratory and the Central Blood Bank, also suffered severe damage, disrupting diagnostic services and blood transfusions and increasing risks for emergency and critical patients.
Despite losses estimated at over $500 million—including the destruction and looting of medical warehouses, transport fleets and administrative offices—the network noted a gradual recovery in 2025. Drug coverage reportedly reached 80 per cent, with medicine availability rising to 88 per cent, compared with less than 40 per cent the previous year.
The conflict, which began in April 2023, has killed thousands and displaced millions. While the Sudanese army announced in May 2025 that Khartoum State had been cleared of RSF forces, the paramilitary group continues to control most of the Darfur region, underscoring the fragile and uneven nature of Sudan’s recovery. The reopening of health facilities in Khartoum signals a cautious but meaningful step towards restoring essential public services amid one of the country’s most devastating crises.
