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Yemen warns Taiz health services may fail as supplies run low
Yemen’s health ministry has warned that hospitals in the city of Taiz are close to running short of medicine, medical supplies and fuel.
The ministry blames an ongoing Houthi siege and blocked supply routes.
It says shortages could interrupt emergency care, surgery, intensive care, kidney dialysis and care for newborns.
Fuel shortages could also stop generators and ambulances and disrupt the cooling of medicines and vaccines.
Local residents say routes into the city are closed and that water, fuel and food are also scarce.
The ministry has urged the Houthis to lift the siege and allow safe passage for patients, health workers and aid.
It has also asked the United Nations and humanitarian and health groups to urgently deliver supplies, oxygen and fuel.
The ministry warns that delays could lead to services stopping and preventable deaths.
Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population warned of an imminent health and humanitarian disaster in Taiz as medical supplies and fuel near depletion.
The ministry said emergency care, surgery, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services could stop.
It said shortages of fuel could disrupt generators, ambulances and refrigeration for medicines and vaccines.
The ministry blamed the Houthi militia for the siege and obstruction of supplies, and called for routes to be opened.
Residents told Okaz that water, fuel, gas and food were also being kept out of the city.
- Who
- Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population issued the warning.
- What
- It warned that health services in Taiz could fail as medicines, medical supplies and fuel run low.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Taiz, Yemen.
- Why
- The ministry attributed the shortages to an ongoing siege and obstruction of essential supplies.
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- Location
- Taiz, Yemen
- Warning date
- October 10, 2026
- At-risk services
- Emergency care, surgery, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services
- Requested supplies
- Medicines, medical supplies, oxygen and fuel
- Attributed cause
- Ongoing siege and obstruction of essential supplies
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