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Taiz hospitals face medicine and fuel shortages

Yemen’s internationally recognised government warned that medicines, medical supplies and fuel were nearing exhaustion in Taiz. Its health ministry identified risks to surgery, intensive care, dialysis and newborn care and sought safe supply routes. The warning follows renewed fighting that disrupted access to the city; the assessment comes from a party to the conflict.

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A hospital supply-area proxy in Taiz shows a few plain fluid bottles on a shelf, with a generator and fuel container beyond the doorway.

Medicine stocks approach exhaustion

Yemen’s internationally recognised government warned on Saturday that health facilities in Taiz, a city in Yemen, were running short of medicines, medical materials and fuel. The health ministry blamed a continuing siege and obstruction of supplies. The warning concerns the risk of services stopping as stocks diminish; the government is itself a party to the conflict.[1], [2]

The ministry identified intravenous fluids among the dwindling supplies. It said surgery, intensive care, kidney dialysis and neonatal care were endangered, naming wounded people, patients needing urgent treatment, pregnant women and newborn babies among those at risk.[1]

Fuel shortages threaten hospital equipment

Diminishing fuel supplies threaten hospital generators, ambulances and the cold-chain systems used for medicines and vaccines, according to the ministry. It expressed concern about preventable deaths and called on the United Nations and humanitarian partners to deliver oxygen, medicines, intravenous solutions, medical supplies and fuel.[1]

Fighting disrupts routes into Taiz

Taiz has endured years of siege and intermittent fighting. An eastern route reopened in 2024 and later closed during renewed clashes. Fighting around At Turba in early October was reported to have cut the city’s last main road. The government blamed the Houthi armed group for obstructing supplies and demanded reopened routes and safe passage for patients and medical workers.[1]

References

  1. News sourceAl JazeeraYemen government warns Taiz hospitals are running out of medicine and fuel↩1↩2↩3↩4
  2. News sourceOkazYemen government warns Taiz hospitals are running out of medicine and fuel↩
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