Feature: Malnourished toddler at risk of dying in war-ravaged Yemen


SANAA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Hafidhah Jamal, a 22-month-old Yemeni girl, has been plagued by severe malnutrition for more than a year. She barely escaped death after her family, despite every difficulty, managed to transfer her to the hospital in the capital Sanaa for better treatment.

"After Jamal's skin turned darker brown and started peeling off, we rushed her to a hospital in our district. Doctors told us she was in critical condition and needed to be quickly transferred to specialized hospitals in Sanaa," the girl's grandfather Mohammad Al-Sufi told Xinhua.

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