(task) Yemen: Airstrike hits MSF cholera treatment center in Abs | MSF USA

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From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>

Subject: Yemen: Airstrike hits MSF cholera treatment center in Abs | MSF USA

Date: June 12, 2018 at 10:23:48 PM EDT

To: michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>

Mike,

FYI . . . 

A newly constructed cholera treatment center run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Abs, Yemen, was hit by an airstrike Monday at approximately 5:40 am.

No staff or patients were killed or injured. The facility had not yet received any cholera patients and was empty.  Markings on the roof of the compound clearly identified the CTC as a healthcare facility.

The airstrike has now rendered the CTC non-functional. In keeping with security protocol, MSF has temporarily frozen its activities in Abs until the safety of its staff and patients is guaranteed.

“This morning's attack on an MSF cholera treatment center (CTC) by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition (SELC) shows complete disrespect for medical facilities and patients. Whether intentional or a result of negligence, it is totally unacceptable. The compound was clearly marked as a health facility and its coordinates were shared with the SELC . . . 

Yemen: Airstrike hits MSF cholera treatment center in Abs | MSF USA

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/yemen-airstrike-hits-msf-cholera-treatment-center-abs

Kathy