"South Sudan's worsening conflict is placing enormous pressure on the country's health care system with the international committee of the Red Cross reporting a 50% rise in medical evacuations during the first half of 2026. Fighting between forces loyal to the president Salvi Akir and opposition groups have aligned with the rival Ridik Macha have left thousands of civilians cut off from essential health care, possibly critically injured patients to be flown to Jubia military hospital for emergency treatment. The Red Cross said the growing violence combined with the shrinking humanitarian funding has reduced health care services across the country and placed increasing strain on referral hospitals. Medical teams are now responding to mass casualty incidents with specialist nurses tried during the most critically wounded before evacuating them by air while others wait for transport as resources remain stretched. The organization said surgeries at Jubia military hospital have risen sharply this year as attacks have forced several aid-run hospitals to close leaving hundreds of thousands displaced people with limited access to life-saving care."