World Health Organization The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said on Saturday that about 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip need to be evacuated for emergency care.
According to the French news agency AFP, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, wrote on the social media platform X that “only 10 hospitals in the whole of Gaza are minimally functional, thousands of patients are deprived of treatment.”
According to WHO Israeli attacks Before, there were 36 hospitals in Gaza.
According to the head of the World Health Organisation: ‘Nearly nine thousand patients urgently need to be transferred abroad for life-saving health services. These include cancer, bomb injuries, kidney dialysis and other chronic diseases.’
The previous WHO estimate at the beginning of March put the number at more than 8,000.
Israel continues to bombard Gaza, damaging many health facilities.
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Violent ground fighting has also been going on for several weeks. At times, Gaza’s hospitals are also engulfed, where thousands of people have taken shelter whose homes were destroyed or who had to flee to escape Israeli attacks.
Gaza is under an almost complete blockade. Non-governmental organizations and the United Nations have accused Israel of withholding essential humanitarian aid for 2.4 million Palestinians.
Israel has said it will continue attacks to achieve its goal of destroying Hamas, while it says the United Nations should send more aid to Gaza.
Israel has rejected reports by the United Nations and NGOs that Israel’s complex inspections are hampering the delivery of food and other essential goods.
Tedros said that more than 3,400 patients have been sent abroad through Rafah, including 2,198 wounded and 1,215 patients. But many people still need to be evacuated.
“We urge Israel to speed up the process of permitting evacuation to treat patients who are in critical condition.” Every moment is important.’
Before the Israeli invasion, 50 to 100 patients a day were transferred to occupied East Jerusalem or the West Bank, half of them cancer patients.
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2024-10-04 16:59:27
