More than 1,400 patients – including 1,110 with kidney failure, 192 in intensive care and 154 infants in incubators – face severe, life-threatening risks in Taiz as fuel and medical supply shortages intensify, according to Yemeni rights group Rasd, Al Jazeera reports.
In a statement carried by Yemen’s Saba news agency, Rasd says 98 health facilities were partially operational or had gone completely out of service, citing UNICEF data from October 11. It says 42 healthcare centres were battling acute shortages of medical supplies and oxygen, while critical fuel deficits threatened to halt or scale back operations across 12 hospitals.
The health crisis stems from the Houthi siege and supply route closures imposed on the city since October 4, 2026, leaving facilities struggling to provide roughly 120 required daily dialysis sessions, according to the statement.
It has added that World Food Programme assistance had failed to reach approximately 600,000 residents in Taiz as of October 14. This obstruction left 800,000 individuals across Yemen facing severe disruptions to humanitarian access.
