Taiz hospitals near collapse as Houthis tighten siege: Yemen government
The Yemeni government has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Taiz as a Houthi-led blockade restricts essential fuel, medicine, and supplies. Health facilities are nearing total collapse, threatening the lives of patients requiring emergency care, dialysis, and neonatal services.
Why it matters
The potential collapse of medical infrastructure in a conflict zone poses an immediate threat to civilian life and highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Medical services in Taiz risk shutting down as fuel, medicines, and supplies run alarmingly low under Houthi blockade.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info People shop at a market in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz on October 8, 2026 [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 11 Oct 2026 11 Oct 2026 Yemen’s internationally recognised government has warned of an “imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged city of Taiz, in the country’s southwest, as the Houthis continue their siege and “obstruct essential supplies”.
Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population said in a statement on Saturday that medicines, intravenous fluids, medical supplies and fuel at the city’s health facilities were “nearing depletion”.
It said emergency care, surgery, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services could be forced to stop if the situation continued, putting patients, injured people, pregnant women and newborns “at immediate risk”.
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