Al-Amaliqa militia refuses to evacuate “inpatient and intensive care unit” departments at Usaylan Hospital

SHABWA, Jan. 21 (YPA) – The UAE-funded al-Amaliqa militia refused to evacuate the inpatient and intensive care unit departments at Usaylan Hospital in Shabwa governorate, eastern Yemen.

A document issued by Hussein Abdullah Al-Saad, the director of the health Bureau in Usaylan district and who is also the director of the hospital, demanded the local authorities in the district, to address the leadership of the “Al-Amaliqa” militia to evacuate the inpatient and intensive care departments, since last year 2022.

The hospital administration stated that the number of patients is increasing, and they do not have room to stay.

The militia’s capture of the inpatient and intensive care departments caused embarrassment for the hospital, so they transferred them to other hospitals, the statement read.

The hospital administration explained that it granted the “Al-Amaliqa” militia two apartments, two training halls and other housing annexes, in reference to the fact that the UAE has turned health facilities military barracks for its militias in Shabwa.

This comes after the “Al-Amaliqa” militia looted the equipment of the agricultural project to develop Wadi Bayhan in Usaylan, ” in addition to water pumping generators, and attacked the Sabeel well called “Al-Ma’ida”, near the Nasr field in Wadi Balharith, in mid-December.

E.M