Health crisis looms in Tigray as main hospital closes
A mother breastfeeding her three-month-old child as she receives medical treatment at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele in June last year. Workers in the hospital say patients have been dying due to an acute shortage of essential medical supplies. PHOTO | AFP
Ayder Referral Hospital, the largest and only operating hospital in Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region, said it was forced to suspend providing services over shortages of medical supplies.
Speaking to BBC-Amharic, Dr Kibrom Gebresilase, the hospital’s technical director, said the health facility is unable to provide services due to power outages, lack of medicines and fuel shortages.
