Fouad al-Haddad

“[The] closure of main roads around Taiz has forced travellers onto longer detours through mountain bends and rugged terrain, journeys that take more time and effort and that many patients are too sick to endure, on top of the security risks along routes close to the fighting,”

Fouad al-Haddad · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-20

The director of al-Jumhuri Hospital in Taiz describes how road closures have forced patients onto difficult detours.

“What we have now are bodies exhausted by disease and medical needs that cannot be postponed.”

Fouad al-Haddad · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-20

The director of al-Jumhuri Hospital in Taiz describes the condition of patients in the wards amid travel restrictions.

“I see the price that Yemenis pay every day in the wards,”

Fouad al-Haddad · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-20

The director of al-Jumhuri Hospital in Taiz describes the toll of travel restrictions on patients seen in hospital wards.