MSF: Thousands of Yemenis Incapable of Receiving Medical Care
Local Editor
The Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontiers [MSF] organization said on Monday that thousands of Yemeni people are still incapable of receiving medical care because of the absence of means of transportation and the closure of health facilities.
In a statement, Doctors Without Borders said that many of the health facilities have totally or partly been destroyed as a result of the airstrikes and war in the country.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26.
The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].
The aggression began in a bid to restore power to the country’s fugitive former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
Over 2,615 civilians have been killed in the conflict in the last six months, according to the UN. Yet, other organizations put the death toll at much higher.
According to the Yemeni health ministry, the death toll from the Saudi-led aggression is more than 6,000 so far, adding that 1,277 of those killed were children.
