Crisis unfolds in Gaza hospital as scores of patients crammed without care

Crisis unfolds in Gaza hospital as scores of patients crammed without care

Published February 19,2024


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At least 150 sufferers in want of medical care are crammed in rooms and corridors of the Nasser Medical Complex within the metropolis of Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces arrested 70 medical workers and refused to evacuate the sufferers in order that they might obtain remedy in different hospitals, the Gaza Health Ministry mentioned in an announcement.

Among the sufferers are seven in intensive care, 5 present process dialysis, three youngsters within the neonatal unit, in addition to instances of burns, amputations, quadriplegia and childbirth, the assertion added.

The Israeli military has turned the hospital into navy barracks, the ministry mentioned in a earlier assertion on Sunday.

“The Israeli army has arrested 70 medics at the facility,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra mentioned in an announcement.

The advanced “cannot handle cases that require extreme clinical care,” he added.

The Israeli military on Thursday stormed the hospital, forcing everybody inside to evacuate and flee for his or her lives. Yet a small medical staff stayed inside to deal with sufferers in important situation, who have been all held in a single constructing of the hospital by the Israeli military amid an absence of fundamental wants.

Since Jan. 22, Khan Younis has witnessed an enormous Israeli floor invasion, forcing tens of hundreds of the town’s residents to flee below heavy Israeli bombardment.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 assault by the Palestinian group Hamas. The ensuing Israeli assaults have killed almost 29,000 and brought on mass destruction and shortages of requirements, whereas lower than 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault.

The Israeli warfare on Gaza has pushed 85% of the territory’s inhabitants into inside displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and drugs, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in keeping with the UN.

Israel is accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to cease genocidal acts and take measures to ensure that humanitarian help is supplied to civilians in Gaza.

Source: www.anews.com.tr