Health officials warn against continuing fuel shortage in Sanaa

SANAA, Mar. 06 (YPA) – Several health officials warned against continuing fuel shortage in private and public hospitals in the capital and that would lead to stopping their medical services towards citizens.

Dr. Magda Al-Khatib, director of the Al-Sabaeen Hospital for Maternity and Childhood, explained Al-Sabeen Hospital was closed as a result of the fuel crisis, which might led to a death about 3,000 pregnant women and 400 to 500 children, who are be received by hospital nurseries per month.

He noted that the United Nations organizations permanently stopped fuel subsidies in 2022 year, which contributed to the intensification of the fuel crisis.

For his part, Dr. Mutahar Al-Marouni, Director General of the Health Office in the capital, Sanaa, said: There are 87 public and private hospitals in the capital, 529 public and private medical centers, as well as 7 oxygen factories, whose monthly need is more than 2 million liters of diesel.

Al-Marouni stressed that international organizations were informed by the Ministry of Health ten days ago of the danger of continuing the siege against the fuel ships by the coalition states.

Meanwhile, Nasser Al-Qadri, Secretary-General of the Federation of Private Hospitals, pointed out that the fuel crisis has imposed a new problem related to the inability of doctors and technical and administrative staff to reach hospitals.

He explained that the hospitals and private centers in Yemen need one million and one hundred thousand liters of diesel per month, and currently only 30% are provided by the oil company and the Sanaa government.

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