Houthis refuse to release drug shipment for renal failure patients

English - Tuesday 29 January 2019 الساعة 08:07 am
Ibb – NewsYemen.net

The Houthi militias have refused to release a medicines shipment for renal failure patients in Ibb province, medical sources said.

The medical sources added that the militias seized the shipment at a new security checkpoint at the entrance of the center of Ibb city.

The shipment was provided by the National Drug Supply Program which has a formal permit to facilitate its passage.

The department of al-Thawra Hospital and Hemodialysis Center make great efforts to allow its passage.

Al-Thawra Hospital in Ibb city sent a memo to the Customs Department requesting an entry of the detained dialysis materials at the port, but the Customs refused to enter the shipment and demand funds for its release.