The Death Toll in Yemen Is So High the Red Cross Has Started Donating Morgues to Hospitals - The Intercept

The Death Toll in Yemen Is So High the Red Cross Has Started Donating Morgues to Hospitals

Yemeni workers clean at an hospital operated by the the Paris-based aid agency, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on August 16, 2016 in Abs, in the rebel-held northern province of Hajja, a day after the hospital was allegedly hit by an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition, fighting against Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels.Eleven people were killed and more than nineteen others were wounded in the strike that hit the hospital in Abs, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said. The Saudi-led coalition bombing rebels in Yemen launched a probe following international condemnation of the air raid. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Almost a year and a half into Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen, the humanitarian toll is so extensive that the Red Cross has taken the unusual step of donating entire morgue units to Yemeni hospitals.