Turkey- Yemen: Houthis shell Taiz's largest hospital
Date
12/6/2015 3:40:11 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The Houthi Shia militia and pro-Saleh forces shelled Taiz province’s largest hospital Thursday a Yemeni medical source said.
Dr. Ahmed al-Qaderi a senior official at the Revolution Hospital told Anadolu Agency that “two medical staff members were injured and medical equipment worth more than $100000 was damaged.”
This is not the first time that the hospital is targeted. Just last month nine medical staff were injured following Houthi shelling of the same facility.
Medical care in Taiz has deteriorated after 16 out of the province’s 20 hospitals were shut down because of Houthi shelling according to Yemeni medical reports.
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