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 reduction leaves the hospital operating just a quarter of its incubators as fighting that has continued for weeks disrupts vital supplies to the city.

Shortages of fuel and oxygen are compounding the pressure on medical care. For newborns who need incubators, the loss of capacity poses an immediate threat.

The hospital’s difficulties reflect a wider humanitarian crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Taiz, where the siege and continued fighting have deepened shortages.

With essential supplies disrupted, the city faces mounting challenges in sustaining hospital services and protecting its most vulnerable residents.