Saudi blockade prevents entry of medicines, equipment for kidney failure patients
Yusef Mawry
Press TV, Sana'a
This is not a weapon, it's not a detonator for a bomb or any device that would be deemed dangerous. It is just a filter attached to a dialysis machine used to cleanse the blood of patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. So why is this life-saving equipment being blocked from entering Yemen?
We attended a press conference held by Yemen's Ministry of Health in Sana'a where it was declared that the Saudi-imposed blockade is causing a national health crisis by preventing entry of medicines and equipment for kidney failure patients.
In the absence of dialysis treatment, approximately 5000 patients on dialysis are at risk of dying, according to the health ministry.
Kayid Ahmed is one of the patients on dialysis who is currently getting treatment at Althorah hospital. He said the lack of supplies has prevented him and other patients from receiving the required number of dialysis treatments per week.
But getting the required three treatments per week for Ahmed and the other five thousand patients like him is a near-impossible task these days. This mixed solution which is used to operate the dialysis machine is in very short supply. There is only enough for two more weeks
Unless the Kidney Disease Center at Al-Thawra Hospital is supplied with dialysis filters and the solution needed to operate dialysis machines, they will be forced to shut down by the end of January. If that happens, the lives of approximately five thousand patients will be at risk.
The Yemeni army has repeatedly warned that if the Saudi-imposed blockade is not lifted, it would be forced to take military action. The siege must be ended so that much-needed medicine and other essential supplies will enter the country.
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