It is in an area that has good agricultural land but many of the men in the area work out of town or abroad to earn extra income. The women of the villages do most of the agricultural work. Most of the patients arrive at the clinic by walking, many have walked 6 miles or more to the clinic. Some arrive by shared taxi or pick-up truck. The clinic has no electricity until the evening.
Water is available .
Al Mahata like most rural clinics is staffed by a ministry of health doctor who would rather be somewhere else. All Yemeni physicians are required to complete 2 years of service in a rural clinic most do it grudgingly. Sometimes a foreign doctor Palestinian, Syrian or Ethiopian may staff the clinic. Physicians treat patients as best they can without any other medical support, ekg , xray or lab tests. Sometimes minor surgery is done.