2024-02-27 19:23:04
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said today (Tuesday) that 120 patients in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis face death in the absence of any ingredients to treat them.
The Ministry of Health added in a statement, a copy of which was sent to the German News Agency, that the Israeli army’s storming and siege of the Nasser complex turned it into a health hazard, indicating that the medical teams are unable to provide health care to patients in the complex due to the cessation of the generator, the cessation of oxygen, and the disruption of the sewage network. Water outages, waste accumulation, and the lack of medical capabilities, all of which hinder work.
The statement said that the complex needs to evacuate more than 120 patients from the complex to other hospitals to receive health care, as they face death, in addition to a series of urgent reforms in order to provide health services to about 1.8 million citizens.
The statement called on international institutions to take urgent action to provide the emergency and urgent needs of the complex and to pressure Israel to release all health personnel.
For his part, Avichay Adraee, spokesman for the Israeli army, announced that army forces had ended their operations at Nasser Hospital after arresting about 200 suspects of Hamas militant activity in the hospital.
Adraee said in a statement that the military operation resulted in the discovery of unused sealed medications bearing the names of Israeli hostages inside the hospital.
It is noteworthy that on February 14, Nasser Hospital, the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, went out of service after the Israeli army carried out a military operation against it. According to a previous report by the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The Ministry of Health announced in a press statement that “the Israeli army committed 11 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 96 martyrs and 172 injured during the past 24 hours,” noting that “there are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads. The occupation prevents the arrival of ambulance and civil defense crews.” Reaching them.”
The Ministry indicated that the toll of Israeli operations had risen to 29,878 people and 70,215 injuries since October 7th.
Dehydration and malnutrition
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Ashraf Al-Qudra, warned today (Tuesday) that drought and malnutrition will claim the lives of thousands of children and pregnant women in the Strip.
Al-Qudra said in a statement published by the ministry: “We have begun to monitor deaths among infants as a result of diaper rash and malnutrition in northern Gaza,” noting that two infants died as a result in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Al-Qudra called on international institutions to “conduct a comprehensive medical survey in shelters to monitor and treat those suffering from dehydration and malnutrition and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.”
The Ministry of Health spokesman also stressed that international institutions bear “moral and functional responsibilities to protect children and women and provide all means of survival from the famine that is striking” the sector.
Later, Hossam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, told the Arab World News Agency that four deaths of children due to dehydration had been recorded during the past days.
Abu Safiya added: “Every day, approximately 300 children arrive at the emergency department from the age of one day to 12 years, and they all suffer from the same symptoms due to dehydration and malnutrition.”
He added: “Between 70 and 80 children, all of whom show signs of dehydration. Some of them are in early condition and we can revive them with solutions, and those who arrive late are admitted to the intensive care unit.”
The hospital director warned that the number of children’s deaths due to dehydration and malnutrition will increase during the coming period “if the difficult humanitarian situation is not remedied.”
He said: “Maybe dozens of deaths will be recorded every day,” stressing that “the situation is catastrophic… our capabilities are very weak.”
Israel has continued its war on the Gaza Strip since Hamas and other Palestinian factions launched a surprise attack on Israeli towns and sites adjacent to the Strip on October 7th.
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