Over 121,000 disabled people to be deprived of health services

On Mar 25, 2019 6:23 PM

SANAA, March. 25 (YPA) – Executive Director of Disabled Fund, Ali Nasser Mughli said on Monday that over 121,000 disabled people suffer of a shortage of the educational and health services due to war and siege imposed by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen.

The move came during a seminar was attended by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, head of the fund Obaid Salem Bin Dhabai to mark the fourth anniversary of steadfastness.

Mughli said that the war on Yemen led to a significant increase thousands of new disabled persons, and also decrease fund’s revenues, which are estimated by more than 13 billion riyals.

Ali Ahsan