Medical staffs at Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan’s Upper Nile have resumed work in the facility after it has not been functional for several months due to the fighting in the area.

Abdel-Karim Deng, acting secretary general of the hospital, told Radio Tamazuj that he started working at the hospital but said the conditions at the hospital are still dire owing to a shortage of doctors.

He further said working environment is not conducive up till now workers due to existence of explosives, saying the hospital grounds still need to be cleared from munitions used during the fighting between the government forces and the rebels.

He called on the National Ministry of Health in Juba to provide doctors so that they can render good healthcare services to the patients.