Khartoum: The Shaikha Fatima Field Hospital for women and children was officially launched in Sudan on Tuesday.

An initiative by Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairperson of the Family Development Foundation and Chairwoman of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the hospital will provide diagnosis, curative and preventive services in Sudan and Africa. The hospital was inaugurated by Widad Babiker, wife of the Sudanese President, during a ceremony.