March 22 (UPI) -- An airstrike on a Sudanese hospital over the weekend has killed at least 64 people, the World Health Organization confirmed Sunday, as the country's warring militaries traded accusations of responsibility.
The Al-Daein Teaching Hospital, in Rapid Support Forces-controlled East Darfur, was struck Friday evening. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus verified the death toll Sunday, saying 13 children, two nurses, a doctor and multiple patients were among the dead.
Eighty-nine people, including eight health staff, were also injured in the blast that damaged the facility's pediatric, maternity and emergency departments, he said.
The hospital is no longer functional, he said, and WHO is expanding support at other health facilities, strengthening primary care services and deploying trauma care supplies and essential medicines.
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