Acting Governor of Hodeidah province, Mohammed Quhim, said on Tuesday that more than 5,000 patients in the province’s hospitals and dialysis centers are at risk of death if the medical devices and equipment were to be stopped due to the depletion of fuel.
This came during his meeting with the Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)’s delegation in Hodeidah.
The meeting touched upon the problems of the health, cleaning and environment sectors due to the unavailability of oil derivatives in light of Saudi-led coalition countries’ detention of fuel ships, as well as the continued prevention of the arrival of food and medicine to the besieged city of Durayhimi for the past two years.
At the meeting, Quhim called on the ICRC delegation to take a position that contributes to alleviating the suffering of the residents in the city of Hodeidah and to make efforts to correct the technical defect that afflicted the water pipeline at the location of the coalition mercenaries.
