SANA'A, Mar. 24 (Saba) - Entesaf Organisation for Rights of Women and Children has said that 13,131 children and women are victims of the US-Saudi aggression on the country during the last six years.
In a statement, Saba got a copy of it, the organisation stated the number of dead women and children reached 6,198, including 2,397 women and 3,801 children.
Almost 2,806 women and 4,127 children were wounded during the same period, according to the local organization.
The statement stated 200 children are born every day and are sentenced to death if hospitals and medical centers are completely cut off due to the shortage of fuel which threatens hospital nurseries to be closed.
Yemen also loses 100,000 newborns due to the blockade at a rate of six children every two hours. The organization pointed to the effects of the aggression’s detention of oil ships on the health sector, indicating the scarcity of fuel threatens to stop more than 1500 hospitals and health centers while 400 blood banks and laboratories are going to stop providing services.
According to the statement, the lives of more than 5,200 patients with kidney failure are at risk due to the severe shortage of fuel designated for 15 dialysis centers in a number of provinces, while the insulin of nearly 200,000 diabetics would not receive the required adequate cooling.
It pointed out that about 600,000 premature babies need nurseries to survive, more than 300 Yemeni children die every day, and more than 3 million children suffer from malnutrition, over 400,000 of whom are severely malnourished. According to the statement, 1.2 million women suffer from malnutrition, half of whom are pregnant, and more than 8,000 women die every year due to the blockade.
It also indicated the closure of Sana'a International Airport caused the death of more than 80,000 patients who were in urgent need of medical treatment abroad, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Health.
Organization's president Somaya al-Taifi held the aggression coalition led by the United States of America and Saudi Arabia responsible for all crimes and violations against innocent civilians, especially women and children, over a period of six years.
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