• Due to extreme shortages, Yemen hospitals are facing closures as fighting rages
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[quote]Major hospitals in Yemen are struggling to function due to supply shortages caused by increased fighting between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have said. [B]The main hospital in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, is on the verge of shutting down due to limited access to basic medicines and equipment caused by a blockade imposed by pro-Hadi fighters, while hospitals in Taiz are under siege by Houthi rebels, acccording to Save the Children said. [/B] The UK-based charity said Al-Sabeen Hospital - which caters to children and pregnant women in Sanaa - could shut its doors on Tuesday over critical fuel shortages and a lack of medical supplies. The hospital, reliant on the Red Sea port of Hodeida for [B]90 percent of its supplies, serves an estimated three million people[/B], the organisation said in a statement. "The [B]hospital has entirely run out of IV (intravenous) fluid, anaesthetic, blood transfusion tests, Valium to treat seizures and ready-prepared therapeutic food[/B] for severely malnourished children," the statement said, citing the hospital's deputy manager Halel al-Bahri.[/quote] [url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/yemeni-hospitals-verge-shut-150831110232260.html[/url]
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