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WHO chief calls for full medical, fuel aid access to Gaza ‘now’

WHO chief calls for full medical, fuel aid access to Gaza ‘now’

Published November 01,2023


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The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Wednesday referred to as for a full medical and gas assist entry to the Gaza Strip.

“No words can describe our concern for the patients who have just lost the only possibility to receive lifesaving cancer treatment or palliative care,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned on X.

“I urge and I plead – for full medical and fuel aid access NOW! The more we wait, the more we put these fragile lives at risk,” Tedros mentioned.

The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, the one public hospital for most cancers sufferers within the Gaza Strip, went out of service as a consequence of Israeli assaults and gas scarcity, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) mentioned on Wednesday.

“As of today, the hospital is out of service, as a result of the shortage of fuel and the several attacks that affected the facility. This is the only public hospital for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, and now dozens of cancer patients’ lives are at serious risk,” the MSF mentioned on X.

It mentioned that Israeli authorities proceed to forestall the entry of gas into Gaza, which is important for powering hospitals, including that hospitals and healthcare services are additionally being attacked throughout this “horrific onslaught.”

The Israeli military has expanded its air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip, which has been underneath relentless airstrikes since a cross-border assault by Hamas on Oct. 7.

More than 10,300 folks have since been killed within the battle, together with at the least 8,796 Palestinians and greater than 1,538 Israelis.

Besides the big variety of casualties and displacement, primary provides are operating low for the two.3 million residents in Gaza as a result of Israeli siege.

Source: www.anews.com.tr