Yemen: ICRC Calls for Unimpeded Delivery of Medical Supplies as Heavy Conflict Persists
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday called for the urgent removal of obstacles to the delivery to Yemen of vital medical supplies needed to treat casualties from a week of deadly clashes and air strikes.
A shipment of ICRC medical supplies sufficient to treat from 700 to 1,000 people was due to arrive by plane on Tuesday for distribution to hospitals across the country that are running low on the means to treat the war wounded.
So far, efforts to negotiate the safe arrival of the plane have not been successful.