For years, stepping into Marib General Hospital meant entering a place fighting its own battles. Overcrowded corridors. Walls swollen with humidity. Bathrooms that constantly leaked or clogged. Floors cracked from overuse. Air heavy with the weight of too many patients and too few functional systems.
It was a hospital doing its best – but one, where the environment itself worked against healing.
“Before the renovation, we faced constant humidity, water leaks and malfunctioning bathrooms,” recalls Abdulkarim Abdulhussein, Director of Marib General Hospital Authority.
“These issues affected medical services and even the psychological well-being of patients.” Yet thousands continued to walk through its doors, because they had nowhere else to go.
Today that reality has changed – profoundly.
With generous support from King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre, and in close partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Population, WHO restored not just buildings but the sense of dignity and safety that families in Yemen have long deserved.
