Yemen – Dozens of African migrants die of watery diarrhea in Lahij

Lahij-Yemen 02/05/2019

Dozens of African migrants have died of severe diarrhea at Ibn Khaldoun Hospital in the south of Lahij, as a result of the alarming drug shortages and lack of beds at the hospital, which receives dozens of African refugees on a daily basis, which is more than what the hospital is equipped to accommodate. Officials at the hospital called upon the international organizations to get involved immediately and assume their humanitarian responsibility towards these refugees, taking into account the poor health care services in Lahij and in Yemen generally.