Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has shut its hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State, after armed looters destroyed the facility in April.
The attack left the hospital “completely destroyed” and inoperable, with staff threatened and $150,000 worth of medicine looted, MSF said.
The closure leaves one of South Sudan’s most remote and volatile regions without any functioning secondary health facility.
“The extensive losses from the looting have left us without the necessary resources to continue operations,” said MSF’s Zakaria Mwatia.
MSF also withdrew from 13 other health centres in the county, warning that the nearest hospital is now over 200 kilometres away.
In a separate incident in May, an MSF hospital in Old Fangak was bombed, destroying its pharmacy and all remaining medical supplies.
That bombing followed army threats of retaliation after military vessels were allegedly hijacked by forces loyal to opposition leader Riek Machar.
These attacks come amid renewed fighting after the collapse of a fragile power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and Machar.
South Sudan has faced continuous turmoil since its 2011 independence, with civilians often caught in the crossfire of political power struggles.
MSF called the loss of healthcare access a “devastating blow” to communities already suffering from years of war and neglect.
