Red Cross: More than half of Yemen’s hospitals are out of service

by Tauqeer Abbas
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The health situation in Yemen is “catastrophic” with more than half of its hospitals and clinics out of service, and less than half are open, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

 

 

“There is a shortage of basic medical supplies, a collapse of the health system as a direct consequence of the conflict, and crippling restrictions on imports, especially essential medicines and medical supplies,” the Red Cross said in a statement.

 

On the other hand, the Red Cross expressed deep sorrow over the death of the founder of the Yemeni Red Crescent Society in 1973 and the President of the Yemen Red Crescent Society for nearly three decades.

 

He noted that hastened the death of al-Khamisi “lack of basic medical supplies, another indication of the collapse of the health system in Yemen.”

 

The statement pointed out that the medical staff and the Yemeni Red Crescent continue to carry out their duties as fully as possible, despite the acute shortage at all levels.

Yemen has been facing a war of aggression led by Saudi Arabia and more than 16 countries for two and a half years, which has affected the infrastructure of the Yemeni people, which has been hit by thousands of air strikes that have not been excluded in Yemen.

 

 Where the most affected health infrastructure has led to a severe shortage of medical supplies and the spread of epidemics due to aggression and siege.

 

 

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