A/HRC/42/CRP.1 patients, including three injured members of the Resistance, received improvised care in one of the houses neighbouring the hospital, but died in the absence of timely and specialized medical care.175 162. Doctors working in al-Jumhuriyah also reported that after intense fighting in Khormaksar, dead bodies, which included civilians killed by snipers, littered the streets surrounding the hospital. It was impossible to bring them to the cemetery due to heavy fighting. In addition, bodies were decomposing in the hospital’s morgue due to electricity cuts.176 Injured and sick patients had also died in the private homes of citizens who attempted to assist them.177 A group of doctors and volunteers gathered those bodies and buried some of them in private gardens and about 15 others in a mass grave in the yard of the faculty of medicine.178 The People’s Obstetrician Hospital, Craiter District, Aden 163. In April 2015, when Houthi-Saleh fighters took control of several locations in Craiter district, they deployed around the People’s Hospital, which specialised in obstetric and neonatal care. The hospital had closed because of the fighting and medical personnel had fled. Houthi-Saleh fighters established a military base and deployed military vehicles and snipers into the premises of the hospital. They also used the building as a transit detention facility for arrested members of the Southern Resistance, before their transfer to a larger detention facility. The hospital was close to the line of separation between HouthiSaleh positions and Resistance positions in Craiter and constant fighting was going on outside its premises.179 On 14 July, a coalition airstrike hit the hospital, causing extensive damage to the main hospital compound and the perimeter wall. Attack on Red Crescent ambulance and personnel in Khormaksar District, Aden 164. On 3 April 2015, at 12:00 hrs, Houthi-Saleh fighters attacked an ambulance transporting two injured men from Khormaksar district to al-Mansoura, killing the two Red Crescent workers who operated the ambulance. The Houthi-Saleh fighters attacked the ambulance when it was entering al-Mansoura district. The Red Crescent symbol was clearly visible on the ambulance.180 According to a medical doctor from Aden, HouthiSaleh fighters had been actively looking for injured members of the Resistance and sought to prevent them from accessing medical care, including restricting the use of ambulances in areas under their control.181 Fighting and control of the area around Ibn Khaldun Hospital in Lahij 165. Ibn Khaldoun Hospital, in al-Hawtah, is the main hospital of Lahij Governorate. In April 2015, fighting between Houthi-Saleh fighters and the Southern Resistance occurred just outside the hospital, thereby endangering the hospital. Debris from shelling and firing by both parties affected the perimeter of the hospital. Upon their arrival in al-Hawtah, Houthi-Saleh fighters established a sniper position in a five-storey building just across the road from the hospital. In May, one hospital staff member was shot and killed in the crossfire. Fearing the intensity of the fighting, the majority of the hospital staff and patients had left the hospital, with the exception of a small team of doctors and nurses who continued to provide limited emergency medical services. Access to the hospital was severely limited by both parties to the conflict as they sought to prevent the other party 175 Confidential Sources on File. Confidential Sources on File. 177 Confidential Sources on File. 178 Confidential Sources on File. Also see: Centre for Public Opinion Studies and Social Research (Madar), “Report on the Human Rights Violations in the South Committed by the Houthi, Militias and Forces of the Yemeni Army Loyal to the Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh”, Aden 2015. 179 Confidential Sources on File. 180 Confidential Sources on File. 181 Confidential Sources on File. 176 38