'We need to make NHS doctors trapped here the priority'

A LONDON doctor whose relatives are among an estimated 4,000 Britons stuck in war-torn Sudan today made a heartfelt plea for the UK government to take urgent action.

- Anthony France

Dr Shaza Faycal’s young children, brother and mother are stuck in Khartoum after travelling there for a holiday to celebrate Eid.

Around 71 Sudanese NHS doctors, half believed to be British nationals, are also currently trapped in the East African country because of the conflict.

Ms Faycal, a trustee of the Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK who works at Hampstead’s Royal Free Hospital, said she was “quite stressed”, adding: “It’s literally war happening there.

“What we would like to see is all NHS doctors who are trapped there with their families to be evacuated, as a priority.”