Health Minister: Hundreds of Children Have Died Due to UNs’ Failure to Deliver

 The Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakel, expressed concern over the increase in the number of children admitted to Hospitals in Sa’ada and other cities, who have became disapplied by airstrikes of the US-Saudi aggression.

During his inspection visit to Al-Thawra Hospital, Al-Mutawakel told Almasirah that there are children who do not find the necessary treatment and the necessary equipment in Sa’adah and elsewhere, while international organizations prevent the arrival of these devices. The lack of many medical equipment is leading to many deaths among these children.

The Minister of Health stressed that the deaths of hundreds of children are due to the United Nations’ repudiation of its role and the failure to provide sometimes basic devices to save their lives.

The head of the Republican Hospital in Sa’adah, Dr. Ismail Al-Warfi, confirmed that the Hospital lacks necessary medical equipment in most of its departments. The director of the health office in Sa’adah, Yahya Shayem, said that “the United Nations should not use double standards” and he called on them to “fulfill their responsibilities towards children.”

Head of the Oncology Department in the Hospital, Ayman Al-Siaghi, explained that most of the tumor cases are from the border areas of the governorate and where most of the forbidden weapons are dropped by the US-Saudi aggression.