Alongside Khartoum’s Recovering Health System
Alongside Khartoum’s Recovering Health System
As people return to Khartoum and communities begin to rebuild after years of conflict, a 14-day Resiliency Medical Mission brought specialist care, hands-on training and mentorship alongside Sudanese healthcare professionals navigating the long work of recovery.
Around a table at Bashair University Hospital in Khartoum, physicians gathered for a hands-on session on chest tube insertion.
Dr. Es-Haq S. Hassanin, a pulmonary and critical care fellow, covered different approaches to chest tube insertion and gave participants hands-on experience with the procedure.
The session was part of a broader training program delivered during MedGlobal’s Resiliency Medical Mission in Khartoum in July 2026. Across the mission, 10 educational sessions and workshops recorded 311 attendances, covering areas including emergency care, pediatrics, diagnostic imaging, point-of-care ultrasound, chest tube insertion, hand surgery and burn management.
“There is a really big need for training the future physicians and current physicians who are in training,” Hassanin said.
A health system restoring services
Bashair University Hospital serves communities in southern Khartoum and is providing care in a health system affected by years of conflict, including disruption to services, damage to infrastructure and equipment, and the loss of experienced healthcare professionals.
For Dr. Aman Alawad, MedGlobal’s Sudan Country Director, one of the clearest measures of recovery is the return of the people who make those services possible.
“The most encouraging signs of recovery are the healthcare workforce returning to duty in Khartoum, alongside the revival of medical internship programs and educational training.”
Dr. Aman Alawad
MedGlobal Sudan Country Director
Care delivered alongside local teams
Four U.S.-based volunteer physicians brought complementary specialties to the mission: Dr. Myles M. Dickason in emergency medicine, Dr. Es-Haq S. Hassanin in internal medicine with pulmonary and critical care expertise, Dr. Mir Ali in pediatrics, and Dr. Syed Sayeed in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Across the 14-day mission, the team recorded 225 documented patient encounters across outpatient, emergency and inpatient settings.
In emergency medicine, Dickason combined direct patient care with an assessment of emergency department operations, identifying opportunities to strengthen how patients are assessed, treated and referred within the existing system. He worked with clinical staff, participated in ward rounds and contributed to training on vital signs, triage and sepsis recognition.
Ali worked across outpatient, emergency and inpatient pediatric care. He participated in regular ward and discharge rounds alongside local physicians, working within the hospital’s existing clinical and teaching structures. Pediatrics accounted for the largest share of the mission’s documented clinical activity, with 110 patient encounters.
Hassanin provided internal medicine and pulmonary care across ward, emergency and outpatient settings. His training sessions included thoracic imaging, point-of-care chest ultrasound and chest tube insertion.
Sayeed worked alongside local surgical teams in trauma care, emergency procedures and operations. His work also extended to Omdurman Hospital, where he supervised operations while providing hands-on teaching and case-based discussion with resident surgeons.
Restoring services involves more than reopening hospital doors. Alongside their clinical work, the four specialists met with hospital leadership and clinical staff on challenges ranging from emergency care and patient flow to infection prevention and workforce capacity.
Capacity that remains
The clinical work and teaching ran together across the two weeks, with sessions addressing needs in the same departments where the specialists were treating patients.
“We were able to get their hands-on experience and now they’ll be ready to hopefully put chest tubes in the future in case the need arises.”
Dr. Es-Haq S. Hassanin
MedGlobal Volunteer Physician
The mission also created opportunities for mentorship beyond individual clinical skills. Alawad said the RMM provided healthcare professionals with “critical mentorship, motivation for professional development, and clarity on career pathways.”
That emphasis carried into a one-day medical conference convened by MedGlobal with Bashair University Hospital and Al Neelain University. Seventy participants attended, including medical students, medical officers, residents and specialists.
Members of the visiting team presented cases alongside house officers, bringing the clinical and educational sides of the mission together. Participants discussed cases encountered during the mission, approaches to care and some of the broader challenges facing the health system. The program also included career guidance and engagement with hospital and university leadership.
The co-presentation format placed junior Sudanese clinicians not only in the audience, but alongside visiting specialists in presenting and discussing the work.
MedGlobal has worked in Sudan since 2019, supporting health facilities and healthcare professionals as they respond to immediate needs while strengthening services over the longer term. Resiliency Medical Missions are one part of that work, connecting volunteer specialists with local counterparts for clinical care, training and technical collaboration.
Fourteen days did not rebuild Khartoum’s health system. What the mission offered was specialist support for a short period, and training that stays with the physicians who took part.
The Sudanese healthcare professionals working alongside the visiting specialists were caring for patients before they arrived and continued after they left. That continuity was central to the RMM’s approach.

















