Fuel Shortage Forces Taiz Hospital to Cut Incubator Use as Crisis Deepens

A hospital in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz has been forced to reduce the number of incubators it can operate from 40 to 10 because of a fuel shortage, putting newborn babies at risk.

The cut leaves the hospital able to run only a quarter of its incubators as fighting that has continued for weeks disrupts vital supplies to the city.

Shortages of fuel and oxygen are adding to the pressure on medical care, with the loss of incubator capacity highlighting the danger facing babies who need specialized support.

The disruption is part of a worsening humanitarian crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Taiz, where the siege and continued fighting are straining access to essential supplies.