SANA’A, 22. september, 2011 (IRIN) – Hospitaler i Yemens hovedstad Sana’a kæmper for at kunne magte strømmen af patienter, som den øgede vold, der har rystet landet siden februar, har medført.
“We are facing an unprecedented shortage of medicine and qualified staff. All the roads leading to the hospital are either blocked or unsafe, putting the lives of dozens of wounded at high risk,” Mohammed al-Qubati, head of a private field hospital (set up in February by businessmen linked to the opposition) which has been treating injured protesters, told IRIN.
Ali al-Ghashm, deputy manager of the government-run Military Hospital in Sana’a, said the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is filled with seriously injured soldiers following clashes in Sana’a and nearby Arhab, or with Islamic militants in Aden.
“There is not enough space to receive injured civilians… Some of the seriously injured cases in the ICU have no beds. The unit is also facing a shortage of artificial breathing tubes.”
Tareq Numan, a senior surgeon in the University Hospital, appealed to government health officials to allow some of the wounded to be transferred to government-run hospitals in Sana’a.
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