{"id":1921826,"date":"2023-05-01T01:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-powerhouse-us-doctor-slain-in-sudan-killed-for-nothing\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:16:14","slug":"a-powerhouse-us-doctor-slain-in-sudan-killed-for-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-powerhouse-us-doctor-slain-in-sudan-killed-for-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, \u2018killed for nothing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-powerhouse-us-doctor-slain-in-sudan-killed-for-nothing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<h2>Devoted American Doctor Killed in Sudan<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">W<\/span>ASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-conflict-medical-aid-flight-icrc-56cd214202be5424fa90ac79518b2091\">fighting engulfed Sudan\u2019s capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For days after battles between two rival Sudanese commanders erupted in Khartoum on April 15, the 49-year-old Sulieman treated the city\u2019s wounded. He and other doctors ventured out as explosions shook the walls of homes where <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8b78860a6843d45f0ea801c875f6a244\">Khartoum\u2019s people cowered inside<\/a>. Gunfire between the two factions battling for control resounded in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the danger, Sulieman remained committed to his patients and his work. \u201cSay, \u2018Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed for us,\u2019\u201d Sulieman, a U.S.-born gastroenterologist who divided his time and work between Iowa City, Iowa, and Khartoum, said in one of his last messages to worried friends on Facebook last week, as fighting persisted. \u201dAnd in God let the believers put their trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Tragic End<\/h3>\n<p>The morning that Sulieman decided he had to risk the dangerous escape from Sudan\u2019s capital with his parents, American wife and his two American children was the morning that the war found Sulieman, friends say.<\/p>\n<p>In the wholesale looting that has accompanied fighting in the capital, Khartoum, a roving band of strangers surrounded him in his yard Tuesday, stabbing him to death in front of his family. Friends suspect robbery was the motive. He became one of two Americans confirmed killed in Sudan in the fighting, both dual nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the other, with ties to Denver, was caught in a crossfire. They have not released that American\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<h3>A Life Devoted to Helping Others<\/h3>\n<p>Mohamed Eisa, a Sudanese doctor who practices in the Pittsburgh area, was a close colleague of Sulieman. Over the years, \u201csometimes I asked him, \u2019Bushra, what are you doing here? What are you doing in Sudan?\u2033 Eisa recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHe always says to me, \u2019Mohamed, listen \u2014 yes, I love living in the United States &#8230; but the United States health care system is very strong,\u201d and one doctor more or less won\u2019t make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Eisa said Sulieman would tell him: \u201cIn Sudan, everything I do has so much impact on so many lives, so many students and so many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">medical professionals<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Sudan, Sulieman directed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">medical faculty<\/a> at the University of Khartoum and was a founder and director of a doctors\u2019 humanitarian group, the Sudanese American Medical Association. He would help organize and drive medicine and supplies to Sudan\u2019s countryside, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-powerhouse-us-doctor-slain-in-sudan-killed-for-nothing\/\" title=\"A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, \u2018killed for nothing\u2019\">arrange rural training<\/a> for midwives and help bring in cardiologists to perform surgeries for free.<\/p>\n<p>His efforts continued after two Sudanese commanders who earlier had joined forces to derail Sudan\u2019s moves toward democracy suddenly launched an all-out battle for power. Two weeks of fighting have killed more than 500 people, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. Doctors say fighters have abducted at least five physicians, taking them away to treat combatants.<\/p>\n<h3>A Loss Felt by Many<\/h3>\n<p>Sudanese in their country and in the U.S. spoke of Sulieman\u2019s killing as a special loss. He was a well-respected colleague at the Gastroenterology Clinic and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, hospital president Tom Clancy said. Sulieman\u2019s older children live in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse at the Iowa City clinic who declined to be identified because the nurse was not authorized to speak called him one of the best. \u201cHis love for his patients was over the top,\u201d the nurse said. Colleagues considered him a powerhouse doctor and humanitarian, an upbeat man with an infectious laugh who populated his texts with smiley faces and cats wearing sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know who you killed?\u201d another Sudanese colleague, Hisham Omar, posted among Facebook tributes from the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-7-million-covid-vaccines-given-in-u-s-with-70-of-available-doses-unused\/\" title=\"6.7 million COVID Vaccines Given in U.S. With 70% of Available Doses Unused\">medical workers<\/a>, in a message aimed at the attackers who killed Sulieman. \u201cYou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">killed thousands<\/a> of patients,\u201d that colleague wrote, speaking of the impact that Sulieman \u2014 one doctor \u2014 knew he had in Sudan, and all the Sudanese he would have aided in the years ahead. \u201cYou killed thousands of needy people. You killed thousands of his students.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan\u2019s capital. 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