VOA标准英语2012--North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services

 

North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services

The aid group Doctors without Borders has sharply reduced essential healthcare services in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur State. The group, also known as MSF, says it has no more drugs or medical supplies to treat people in the Jebel Si region.

Jebel Si is considered a conflict zone because of the presence of several rebel groups. As a result, the Sudanese government has denied permission and permits needed to bring supplies in by plane and helicopter.

MSF Operational manager for Sudan Alberto Cristina said about 110,000 people are affected¹ by the lack of medical services.

“The operations are not suspended, but let’s say deeply reduced because we are facing many different kinds of administrative² barriers and restrictions³ by the government of Sudan,” he said.

Long overdue⁴

It’s been months since MSF received medical supplies in Jebel Si.

“The last shipment approved by the government, by local authorities was during the first part of September 2011and was even not a complete supply. It was just a partial one. So the majority of medical items have run out. And today we drastically decrease our activities, especially in the hospital,” he said.

That MSF hospital is in the rural area of Kaguro. But the hospital’s closure means pregnant women, who need a C-section, must go elsewhere. That means traveling 8 hours over very poor roads to reach a hospital in El Fasher. Others are affected, too, such as very young children

“The entire population of Jebel Si must,” he said, “travel to an alternative place in order to receive basic health care. Primary or secondary health care in this area is totally non-existing. Our organization Médecins Sans Frontières is the only one working there.”

Ongoing⁵ appeal

Cristina says MSF continues to appeal to the government to allow medical supplies to be brought in.

“We still have a very open discussion with the government and with the Minister of Health at Khartoum level and at El Fasher level. El Fasher is the capital of the North Darfur [where] Jebel Si is located. So we keep an open dialogue, very, very transparent⁶. We keep sharing our data and we keep sharing our worries,” he said.

He said MSF is ready to resume its operations as soon as the restrictions are lifted.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

3 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

4 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

5 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

6 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。