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Yemen twins fight for survival amid conflict

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Newborn twins Raghad Hassan and Raad are fighting for survival after being diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition. Their family walked three days to escape conflict displacement, and due to resource shortages at al-Sadaqah hospital, the twins share one bed. Their parents can only feed them twice daily because they cannot afford nutritional supplements. Medical staff describe the condition as deadly as a bullet, while acknowledging critical equipment shortages including a lack of ventilation machines and oxygen bottles.

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Yemen twins fight for survival amid conflict-fueled hunger crisis
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  1. 1Unclassified fact stationOct 22, 00:00recorded Oct 23, 00:06single sourcerevised

    Yemen twins fight for survival amid conflict

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    Raghad Hassan and Raad
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    diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition
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    medical treatment at al-Sadaqah hospital
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    Oct 22, 00:00
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    Oct 22, 23:56
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    Yemen twins fight for survival amid conflict-fueled hunger crisis

    Report first recorded Oct 23, 00:06

    Newborn twins, Raghad Hassan and Raad, were diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition after their family fled fighting in Yemen's civil war, walking three days to Aden. The UN reports that around 800,000 people in Yemen can no longer receive lifesaving aid, and over 250,000 people have been displaced following the collapse of an informal ceasefire in the summer, with the Houthis advancing along the Red Sea coast and cutting off Taiz.

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