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Taiz hospitals warn supplies are running low amid renewed siege
Taiz is a city in southwestern Yemen, where renewed fighting has cut the last main road linking it to other areas held by the government.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says the Houthis’ renewed siege is leaving hospitals short of fuel, medicines and medical supplies.
The shortages could force emergency care, surgery, dialysis and services for newborns to stop, the government says.
Fuel is also needed to run generators and ambulances and to keep some medicines and vaccines usable.
Taiz faced a Houthi siege in 2015 and 2016, and a partial blockade continued after that siege was broken.
The current restrictions took shape in early October after Houthi forces advanced and fighting resumed.
The government is calling for the siege to be lifted and for aid and medical supplies to reach the city, but the sources give no outcome.
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says hospitals in Taiz risk shutting down as medicine, fuel and medical supplies near depletion.
The government warns that emergency care, surgery, dialysis and other services could stop, putting patients and newborns at immediate risk.
It says a renewed Houthi siege is obstructing essential supplies and has called for the siege to be lifted and supply routes reopened.
The renewed siege took shape in early October after fighting cut the last main road between Taiz city and other government-held areas.
- Who
- Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Ministry of Public Health and Population issued the warning. Hospitals and health facilities in Taiz are affected.
- What
- The government says medical supplies, medicines and fuel are running low, putting hospital services at risk.
- When
- The warning was issued on Saturday; the renewed siege took shape in early October.
- Where
- Taiz city, in southwest Yemen.
- Why
- The government says the Houthi siege is obstructing essential supplies and fuel.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Every delay increases the risk of service interruption and loss of life.
more comprehensive and its impact more severe than in 2015
Civilians must never be turned into a means of exerting pressure in any conflict.
Taiz endured a Houthi siege, which was broken in 2016, although a partial blockade continued through other access points.
The Houthis agreed to reopen an eastern route, which was later closed after fighting resumed.
The Houthis launched an offensive along the Red Sea coast of Taiz governorate and captured Mocha.
Houthi forces had taken At Turbah, cutting the last main road between Taiz city and other government-held areas.
Yemeni government forces began a counteroffensive, and the renewed siege took shape.
The Ministry of Public Health and Population warned that supplies at Taiz health facilities were nearing depletion.
- Petrol price
- A 20-litre container rose from 30,000 to 90,000 Yemeni riyals on the black market.
- Population
- About 2.8 million people live in government-held areas of Taiz governorate.
- Recently displaced
- 200,000 people in government-held areas of the governorate.
- Road cut
- At Turbah was taken by October 4, cutting the last main road between Taiz city and other government-held areas.
Sources
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