UK Sudanese community calls for NHS doctors to be evacuated from the country as a 'priority'

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UK Sudanese community calls for NHS doctors to be evacuated from the country as a 'priority'
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The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK (SJDA-UK) said it was 'aware' of 71 Sudanese NHS doctors currently trapped in Sudan during the ongoing conflict. Half of them are believed to be British nationals.

Britain's Sudanese community is demanding the government does more to help bring their relatives - including NHS doctors - back from Sudan.

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK said it was aware of 71 Sudanese NHS doctors currently trapped in Sudan"because of the ongoing conflict".About half of those doctors are believed to be British nationals.Dr Shaza Faycal's young children, brother and mother are in Khartoum and trying to return to the UK after travelling to Sudan for a holiday to celebrate Eid.

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