South Sudan, April 29 -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, after it was bombarded on February 3. 

This closure brings to an end 31 years of continuous medical support to the community of Lankien, which already had extremely limited access to health care. Before its destruction, around 250,000 people relied on the hospital for lifesaving care. Communities in the region are now left without medical services and exposed to preventable deaths.

MSF calls on all warring parties to prevent attacks on medical facilities and personnel, and for an independent and impartial investigation of the attack.

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