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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

Wounded British doctor’s agonising choice – risk deadly infection or leave mother in Sudan’s war zone

Reuters

A British doctor is facing an agonising choice between risking a deadly infection from his gunshot wound and leaving his vulnerable elderly mother to fend for herself in a war zone in Sudan.

The doctor, who retired recently after working in the NHS for over 30 years, was visiting his family in Khartoum for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr when fierce clashes between forces loyal to the country’s two top generals erupted in the city on 15 April.

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