NEW DELHI: The Nasser Hospital, Gaza’s second-largest medical facility unit, has ceased functioning as a consequence of an absence of gas and ongoing preventing within the space. With solely 4 medical staffers obtainable, it poses a big risk to the a whole lot of hundreds of Palestinian displaced folks in Khan Younis and Rafah who depend on its companies. Israeli forces raided the hospital through the battle with Hamas, additional intensifying the healthcare disaster.
“There are solely 4 medical staffers presently caring for sufferers” contained in the Nasser Hospital within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, Ashraf al-Qidra spokesperson for the Gaza well being ministry advised Reuters.
“The Nasser medical complicated is the spine of healthcare in southern Gaza Strip. Its ceasing to perform is a dying sentence for a whole lot of hundreds of Palestinian displaced folks in Khan Younis and Rafah,” he mentioned.
The hospital’s closure is attributed to an absence of gas and the continued preventing within the space. Nasser Hospital, beforehand the most important functioning hospital in Gaza, was raided by Israeli forces on Thursday, amidst the battle with Palestinian militant group Hamas. This has severely impacted healthcare companies within the southern Gaza Strip.
The World Well being Group (WHO) urged Israel to grant its workers entry to the hospital, the place it mentioned a week-long siege and raids by Israeli forces looking for Hamas militants had stopped them from serving to sufferers.
“Each yesterday and the day earlier than, the @WHO crew was not permitted to enter the hospital to evaluate the circumstances of the sufferers and significant medical wants, regardless of reaching the hospital compound to ship gas,” WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned on social media platform X.
“There are solely 4 medical staffers presently caring for sufferers” contained in the Nasser Hospital within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, Ashraf al-Qidra spokesperson for the Gaza well being ministry advised Reuters.
“The Nasser medical complicated is the spine of healthcare in southern Gaza Strip. Its ceasing to perform is a dying sentence for a whole lot of hundreds of Palestinian displaced folks in Khan Younis and Rafah,” he mentioned.
The hospital’s closure is attributed to an absence of gas and the continued preventing within the space. Nasser Hospital, beforehand the most important functioning hospital in Gaza, was raided by Israeli forces on Thursday, amidst the battle with Palestinian militant group Hamas. This has severely impacted healthcare companies within the southern Gaza Strip.
The World Well being Group (WHO) urged Israel to grant its workers entry to the hospital, the place it mentioned a week-long siege and raids by Israeli forces looking for Hamas militants had stopped them from serving to sufferers.
“Each yesterday and the day earlier than, the @WHO crew was not permitted to enter the hospital to evaluate the circumstances of the sufferers and significant medical wants, regardless of reaching the hospital compound to ship gas,” WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned on social media platform X.
The Nasser Hospital within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis nonetheless sheltered scores of sufferers affected by battle wounds and Gaza’s worsening well being disaster, however there was no energy and never sufficient workers to deal with all of them, well being officers mentioned.
