In the last four days, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 106 wounded in one of the Chadian capital’s hospitals. An additional 500 wounded civilians were admitted into the two main hospitals of N’djamena (Liberté Hospital and the General Hospital) since fighting started over the weekend. On Tuesday, MSF visited these two hospitals, but hundreds of wounded had fled the city either heading towards the south of N’djamena, to Cameroon, or to Nigeria, and only 100 out of the 500 wounded remain. The Red Cross is now working in the Liberté Hospital while MSF has provided the General Hospital with medical and surgical supplies and has reinforced the Chadian staff with a nurse and a pharmacist.

An MSF surgical team, including a trauma surgeon and an anesthetist, has arrived in N’Djamena. The team has started to operate in the Hôpital Général de Référence National, where MSF has been providing drugs and surgical supplies. The General Hospital was unreachable during the fighting, and wounded people are continuing to arrive for treatment.

Fourteen MSF field workers are working in N’Djamena and a supplementary surgical team is arriving today.

A full cargo of MSF medical, logistic supplies and non-food items has arrived today in Garoua, Cameroon, for transport to N'Djamena, with additional supplies being sent on Thursday and Saturday.

Displaced and refugees

An estimated 60,000 people have crossed the Cameroon border to Kousseri; a town 5 kilometers from the Chadian border. People are still arriving even if the flow has reduced. Kousseri hospital admitted 82 wounded. A team of medical doctors (including a surgical team, nurses, and a logistician) is in the field to provide medical care to the refugees and to distribute non-food items. Another team is now assessing the displaced conditions between N’Djamena and Bongor, where people are also arriving.

Situation in Eastern Chad

While some MSF teams have been reduced in eastern Chad due to the unpredictable situation, we are still continuing our work in the region where we provide primary and secondary health care, psychosocial care, water and sanitation to Sudanese refugees and to Chadian population affected by the conflict, either resident or diplaced in Abeche, Adre, Farchana, Guereda, Goz Beida, Dogdoré, Iriba and Am Timam.