SHATTERED BONES
On Friday, there were no RSF forces within site of the hospital. Some were relaxing and sipping cups of tea along roads outside the Defence Ministry where protesters had gathered by the hundreds of thousands to demand democracy.
A few of them, who once punched their fists in the air to call for radical change, were collecting garbage left along the former protest camp site where people from all walks of life had gathered - women, teenagers, doctors, accountants, vendors.
On Friday, there was barely any movement in the hospital. A few nurses quietly stood at their stations. The emergency room was empty. No one was attending labs.
During the height of the crisis, when patients needed medicine and other supplies, the hospital's one functioning ambulance was the only vehicle available - because doctors feared others would be targeted.
"I have never experienced anything like this. I used to work in a military hospital. It was simple," said Abdel Rahman.
"You treat a soldier and he would say I am going home. Here it was one patient wanting to tell you their story but you have to move on to another one beside you."
On one hospital ward, victims lay in bed, with metal rods holding together legs and arms shattered by bullets.
Some had spent their time at the sit-in area listening to opposition leaders speak, or studying the photographs of army officers executed on orders of Bashir. They had high hopes of a brighter future, until the bullets started flying on Monday.
Another patient, Mohammed Abdel Baqi, said he was not interested in politics and was not taking part in the sit-in. He was at a market shopping for clothes to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
"Security forces just showed up and started firing," said the 22-year-old trader, who said he had planned to move to Saudi Arabia to seek a better life, a decision that had nothing to do with politics.
Some are hopeful for Sudan's future, despite the high price they are paying for pushing for civilian rule.
Down the hall, a university student said he hoped security forces should stand by the Sudanese people. He struggled to slowly make the victory sign, his hand passing close to a large metal rod attached to his leg.
