YAOUNDE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people have died following violent attacks in the Sudanese locality of Tina, which borders Chad, the international humanitarian aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday.
According to the MSF, the agency and Chadian health authorities received 123 wounded people at a newly constructed hospital near the border on Monday. Seventeen of the injured later died at the facility, while 66 were admitted in critical condition.
The MSF warned that a sharp influx of casualties, as fighting intensifies across the border, is putting pressure on the hospital's capacity to cope with the ongoing emergency.
"We treat patients without water or electricity, using a generator or solar panels. Our stock of machines is running out," the MSF staff said, adding that the situation is worsening for displaced people who are "in desperate need" of aid and protection. ■