Taiz Hospitals Face Collapse Amid Siege
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Taiz, Yemen – The Republican Hospital’s dialysis centre is nearing collapse as fuel, medicines and oxygen run critically low under the renewed Houthi siege. Doctors have cut dialysis sessions from four hours to two and a half, a reduction that threatens patients’ survival. The latest delivery of specialised dialysis solutions, normally supplied every three months by the Yemeni Ministry of Health, failed to arrive because of the siege that began in the first week of October. The city had been under complete Houthi siege between 2015 and 2016. The governorate’s health office warned on October 12 that the siege could endanger the lives of one thousand one hundred kidney‑failure patients.
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- 2015 — Taiz city under complete Houthi siege
- 2016 — Houthi siege on Taiz ends
- On October 1 2026 Houthi advances begin in Taiz countryside.
- On October 10 2026 Al Jazeera reports hospitals near collapse.
- On October 11 2026 Al Jazeera article on Taiz hospitals near collapse.
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