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Tigrayan Ambulances seized by Eritrean soldiers are used to transport looted goods - Médecins Sans Frontières MSF

Post by sarcasm » 16 Mar 2021, 09:08

Ambulances seized

Few health facilities in Tigray now have ambulances, as most have been seized by armed groups. In and around the city of Adigrat in east Tigray, for example, some 20 ambulances were taken from the hospital and nearby health centres.

Later, MSF teams saw some of these vehicles being used by soldiers near the Eritrean border, to transport goods. As a result, the referral system in Tigray for transporting sick patients is almost non-existent. Patients travel long distances, sometimes walking for days, to reach essential health services.

Many health facilities have few – or no – remaining staff. Some have fled in fear; others no longer come to work because they have not been paid in months.

https://www.msf.org/health-facilities-t ... n-ethiopia