Najat Ali, she recognized that she had breast cancer, 3 years ago, and she is one of the thousands of cancer in Yemen.
Here in Al -Amal Oncology Hospital in the capital, Sanaa, Najat feels that she is fighting a life battle, but she first is trying to overcome the feelings of compassion from society.
From the governorate of Hajjah, northwest of the country, Fatima Ali, who had gland cancer, came to Al -Amal Hospital in Sana’a for treatment, but her difficult living conditions may not allow her to continue to do so.
According to the Ministry of Health in Sanaa, more than 100,000 new cancer cases were recorded since the war began 10 years ago.
The World Health Organization indicates 30,000 new cancer cases annually in Yemen.
There are references to factors that appear to be influential, such as the random use of insecticides, war waste and toxic waste.
Dr. Abdel Aziz Rajeh, the first tumor surgery specialist at Al -Amal Hospital for Oncology, says that most of the cancerous tumors in Yemen are facial, jaws and mouth tumors, due to the chewing of khat for long hours, smoking and telecommunications, and the substances that young people or the Yemeni people use while chewing khat, and in gynecology, the most prevalent breast cancer.
Estimates indicate that the number of cancer patients in Yemen reaches 12 thousand cases annually. This is no less than the number of war victims.
Hospital centers lack most medical supplies, such as intensive care, anesthesia, processes of operations, artificial respirators and bone rays.
The closure of Sanaa International Airport recently came to exacerbate the situation of patients, and among them who intended to travel abroad for treatment.