ADEN, Dec 26 (NNN-YPA) – Severe fuel shortages forced the largest hospital in Yemen’s south-western province of Taiz to shut down yesterday, affecting thousands of patients in the country, a medical official said.
“All sections at Al-Thawra General Hospital, including a centre specialising in treating kidney patients, have been shut down, following a severe fuel crisis,” the local medical official said, on condition of anonymity.
“The hospital, the largest in Taiz, provides services for thousands of patients in the densely populated city,” the official added, noting, the shutdown has “put the patients’ lives at risk.”
The hospital has made urgent appeals to international organisations and UN agencies, to provide fuel, to help it overcome the crisis and avoid a health catastrophe, according to the official.– NNN-YPA
