Seven-year-old Fayed Shamim weighs only seven kilograms. He is being treated at a hospital in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. She is lame. With that the victims of severe malnutrition.
According to Reuters, Fayed's doctor in the malnutrition ward at Al Sabin Hospital, Rageh Mohammed, said: "Fayed was brought to his death. Thank God we were able to do everything necessary for him. His physical condition is improving.
Physician Rageh Mohammad added that Fayed is suffering from cerebral palsy and malnutrition. One-fourth of the hospital blanket covers the body of Fayed. Fayed's family brought him from the Al Jawaf area, 180 kilometers north of Sanaa. Fayed had to cross several checkpoints and broken roads.
His family could not afford to treat Fayed. Fayed's family has relied on grants for his treatment. Mohammed, a Yemeni doctor, said malnutrition was on the rise in Yemen. Poor parents have to rely on strangers or international help to treat their children. Yemen has never been officially declared famine. In the six-year war, 80 percent of the country's people have become dependent on relief. The United Nations says the world's biggest humanitarian crisis is in Yemen.
In late 2017, the United Nations warned of a famine in Yemen. In 2020, the situation has worsened due to various restrictions due to coronavirus infection, reduction in remittances, locust attacks, floods and insufficient funds.
Iran-backed Houthis have been fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since 2015.