Doctors in Ethiopia’s Tigray say shortages of medical equipment and drugs due to the government’s monthslong blockade on the region are causing patients to die of preventable causes. They said in a statement Tuesday that the supply shortages have made surgery and essential procedures “almost impossible” for the past six months. Government spokesman Legesse Tulu on Monday again stated that the government has not imposed a blockade on Tigray, according to Reuters. The TPLF, however, has rejected such claims and points to the government for the region’s shortages in humanitarian supplies. However, doctors are not properly equipped to treat those patients because of shortages in therapeutic food and other critical supplies.

Source: Ethiopian News January 05, 2022 21:43 UTC