Médecins Sans Frontières - INTERVIEW: Dr Scaini in Haydan, Yemen (ENG)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF263650

Date taken / Date Recorded 11/03/2019 12:00 AM

Country Yemen

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

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Additional Information / Shotlist Haydan
Yémen

Dr. Roberto Scaini

Interview

Every day at the hospital in Haydan, we give free healthcare to children, to mothers in labor, and we also have an Emergency Room. Just to give you an idea of what it means to work here nowadays, we admit roughly two to five children every day. Mostly they arrive here with a respiratory tract infection, usually severe, which means they need oxygen and antibiotic therapy. We also often treat cases of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria, that are easily preventable with vaccination.

Haydan hospital was rebuilt
in 2018 after being bombed
by the international coalition in 2015

Of course during wartime, with the collapse of the economy and the fact that reaching some areas is no longer safe, it's really difficult to provide vaccination to the population. As a result, we treat the kinds of diseases that could be prevented by vaccination. In the meantime, we see roughly 80 to 100 patients a day. We receive wounded patients from the frontline and in the maternity unit we continue to assist women giving birth, even during wartime.

Haydan is located in Saada governorate,
one of the worst affected areas in Yemen,
with daily fighting and airstrikes

Mothers have a safe place to come and to deliver. Last week we had 31 deliveries here at the hospital. Of course giving birth is a physiological act but delivering at hospital means that whatever problem the mother or the child may face, there is a medic that can take care of them. So, it means delivering in a safe environment. Working here is not always easy because we are really close to the frontline and every day we can hear planes flying over us, especially during the night. Just two nights ago it was really heavy. We could hear explosions
and bombing all night long.