“In Mekelle, a doctor reached by Reuters said the hospital where he works was “totally non-functional” due to lack of electricity, fuel for generators, oxygen and medical supplies. Medics were unable to perform emergency surgery or effectively treat patients for problems such as childbirth complications and diabetes.
“Patients are dying outside and inside the hospital,” he wrote in a message, saying that he was aware of three women who died after delivering babies at home and an infant on a ventilator who died because there was no oxygen.”
Ethiopia’s war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters
Bangladeshi textile firm DBL compound was rocked by an explosion which makes clothes mainly for Swedish fashion giant H&M and is one of at least three foreign garment makers to have suspended operations in Tigray. H&M said it was “very concerned” and was closely monitoring the situation. “We have three suppliers in Tigray, and the production there has come to a halt,” the company told Reuters, also other suppliers in tigray or Ethiopia comment on the economic impact of the war, as well as prior to the war with covid and other unrest within Ethiopia that had them close thier office.
Ethiopia warns it may shell rebel capital
Advancing Ethiopian troops plan to surround the Tigray region’s rebel-held capital Mekelle with tanks and may shell the city to force surrender, a military spokesman said, urging civilians to save themselves.