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TEHRAN, February 7 - Thousands of Yemenis suffering from kidney failure risk dying unless dialysis centres in the war-torn country receive more supplies and their staff are paid, the Red Cross said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Yemen’s health sector has been devastated by three years of the US-backed Saudis’ war imposed on the country.
“An astonishing 25 percent of dialysis patients in Yemen have died every year since conflict began in 2015,” the International Committee for the Red Cross said.
“More dialysis supplies, functioning dialysis machines, and funding for staff salaries are urgently needed to ensure the mortality rate does not rise further for Yemen’s 4,400 renal failure patients,” the ICRC said in a statement.
“Without dialysis treatment, the outcome is fatal,” said Alexandre Faite, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Yemen.
The Red Cross noted that since the Saudi-led war on Yemen started in 2015, four dialysis centers have been shut down in the country and the remaining 28 facilities struggle to render services with broken machines, a lack of necessary supplies and unpaid staff.
Meanwhile, many patients have cut back their weekly dialysis sessions two instead of the recommended three.
The report comes as healthcare centers across Yemen are also running out of necessary medical data-x-items for cancer patients due to Saudi Arabia’s direct bombardment of medical facilities and its crippling blockade that has prevented the flow of medical supplies to Yemeni hospitals.
More than 13,600 people have been killed since the onset of the Saudi-led war on Yemen in 2015. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country’s infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and factories, has been reduced to rubble in military strikes.
Source: Al-Alam, AFP, Press TV
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