Report:More Than 10,000 Cancer Patients Are In Danger of Dying in Yemen (WHO)

Written by: Issac Ali

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that 10,000 cancer patients from the country’s 30,000 cancer-stricken population will have their suffering increase if the war of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against Yemen continues, “which has contributed to a decline in financial resources for treatment.”

“10% of the 30 thousand cancer patients are children who need immediate treatment,” the organization said in its Twitter official page. It warned that the suffering of 10,000 cancer patients is increasing in Yemen day after day, which may cause some of them to die.

Since March 2015, the beginning of the Saudi war on Yemen alongside with many other countries, the incidence of cancer has increased in Yemen, while the Ministry of Health in Sana’a explained that the reason for this is that the Saudi-led warplanes use poisonous weapons and ammunition that later affect civilians in areas that are exposed to Saudi aerial bombardment; consequently, causing cancer and deformities Congenital fetuses.

The organization’s warning comes in the context of attempts by the coalition to escalate its military operations on the city of Hodeidah with the aim of controlling the main port of Yemen, through which 80% of the United Nations assistance, including medical assistance, is transferred. On the other hand, the UAE continues to prevent local authorities from controlling and managing the ports Which are under the control of the UAE forces.