Taiz Hospitals Face Collapse in Days

Doctors at Taiz's Republican Hospital warn the dialysis unit could shut down in days after a Houthi siege cut diesel. Sessions dropped from four to two and a half hours, leaving 270 patients dependent on the center. The governorate's health office says 1,110 kidney-failure patients risk death as 42 facilities face shortages of fuel, oxygen, and medicine. Amnesty and the WHO urge the Houthis to open roads, warning the siege could push Taiz to disaster. Fuel shortages force hospitals to buy diesel at five times the pre-siege price, while water trucks are blocked. Water supply is cut; residents get 10 liters of bottled water per day, lasting four days, and prices jumped 75%. The WHO says 156,000 litres of fuel a month are needed for hospitals and ambulances; oxygen production could shut down. If the siege continues, hospitals may stop providing services in days, and the risk of cholera rises sharply. As the siege tightens, 124,000 displaced people flood Taiz, forcing families into makeshift shelters and one meal a day.