Al-Thawra Net
Thousands of Yemenis suffering from kidney failure risk dying unless dialysis centers in the war-torn country receive more supplies and their staff are paid, the Red Cross said Tuesday.
Yemen’s health sector has been devastated by three years of Saudi -led coalition Airstrikes campaign against Yemen.
“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.
More than 9,200 people have been killed since a Saudi-led military coalition intervened in 2015, leaving the country facing what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
