Due to Fuel Shortage First Governmental Hospital in Yemen Stopped

The Public Health Office in Hajjah Governorate announced Saturday, that the provision of medical services at the Martyr Dr. Yasser Wathhab Hospital, in Khairan Muharraq District, has  stopped after fuel ran out. A statement issued by the Health office confirmed that the suspension of  Wathhab Hospital is a humanitarian catastrophe that exacerbates the health situation in the governorate. It pointed out that the continued detention of oil derivative ships, by the US-Saudi Aggression, threatens to stop providing health services in the governorate and to stop ambulance and emergency operations.

The statement pointed out that the detention of oil vessels threatens the lives of citizens with inevitable death, including hundreds of thousands of children, women and patients, especially in light of the spread of epidemics.

The Health Office renewed its call to humanitarian organizations and the international community to undertake action against the direct and indirect killing of the Yemeni People. The suffocating siege, cutting salaries, spreading epidemics and destroying the health sector infrastructure has formed the worst humanitarian disaster according to the UN. At the same time, it noted that the UN organizations’ decision to lift their support for the health sector is helping the aggression with the siege imposed on Yemen.