Press Release MSF provides medical care to injured people and IDPs in Al-Bayda governorate Sana’a, Dec. 11th – MSF’s Yemen Emergency Pool (YEP) has conducted a visit to Al Bayda governorate, to provide medical consultations as well as non-food items to IDPs fleeing the recent conflict which has been affecting the area for over a month MSF had previously donated two dressing kits – enough for 80 patients – to health units in Al Bayda governorate. The MSF team then visited the governorate in late November providing support to medical staff as well as more dressing materials. The team conducted medical activities notably in Al-Quraishia and Wild Rabea districts to provide first aid for injured people and medical consultations for IDPs who had mainly fled their villages to the mountains, before seeking refuge in other villages in the district. The displaced populations have been supported by local communities, and MSF was able to provide some additional assistance. MSF was, however, unable to reach some health units like Al-Khobza health unit that MSF initially supported and which is now not functioning due to the fighting. Medical staff there had to flee due to the violence, leaving no functional health unit in the area. Access to health for the population has become almost impossible in recent weeks, and people are afraid to move to health units or hospitals. “We supported around 100 IDPs with non-food items – matresses, blankets, hygiene items, jerry cans and kitchen items – and an MSF doctor provided general medical consultations,” said Moeen Mahmoud, YEP manager. Dr Abdulla Ba-Sharaheel, YEP doctor, said: “Most of the IDPs were children and women. The children were mostly suffering from diarrhea and upper respiratory infections. I checked all the children, one by one, and gave basic medications.” Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, MSF representative in Yemen, added, “We succeeded in treating only some of the injured people in the area; access to them is so difficult as they don’t go to health units and are very afraid to be targeted. Those who are seriously injured refuse to go to hospitals. We are very concerned about the IDPs and the population for Al-Quraishia and Wild Rabea in general as what we saw was a population with almost no access to health, from basic primary health care to the treatment of injured people. We call upon all parties to guarantee free and unimpeded access to health structures.” MSF is an independently funded, non-profit, humanitarian medical organization, acting by virtue of universal medical ethics and International Humanitarian Law. MSF provides assistance without discrimination based on ethnic, religious or political criteria. MSF provides health activities in Sana’a, Amran, Aden and Al-Dhale’ governorates. For more information please contact us at [email protected]
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:59:51 +0000
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