Health ministry: Coalition destroys Duraihimi Hospitals, ambulances

HODEIDAH, Oct. 12 (YPA) – The Ministry of Public Health and Population said that the US-backed Saudi-led coalition destroyed the General Hospital of Duraihimi and the maternity and childhood hospital Directorate and ambulances in Hodiedah province.

The ministry said in a statement that the coalition targeted by a series of raids and shelling of the battleships Duraihimi district, which led to the destruction of the General Hospital Drehami, which is full of patients, citizens and health staff, and destroyed the Maternity and Childhood Hospital, which provides services for pregnant women and newborns.

The statement pointed out that the number of victims is still not known until now, adding that the ambulance was targeted at the general hospital as well as the houses of citizens and facilities, in defiance of all international laws and conventions.

The statement stressed that the coalition prevented the movement of ambulances and cars of citizens either to displacement or to transport the wounded and martyrs which warn of a humanitarian disaster adds to the previous crimes, which doubled the tragic situation.

The intransigence of the coalition countries and their constant efforts to destroy all the nation’s capabilities and to kill its children reflects the complicity of the international community and the United Nations organizations, which have been silent for more than 1,300 days and continue, read the statement.

The Ministry of Health called on world people to take a serious and firm stance towards the genocide campaign against Yemen by the countries of aggression.

Sameera Hassn