The spread of infectious and dangerous diseases in Gaza
| Pointing out that al-Shifa Hospital has become a "death zone" due to the barbaric attacks of the Zionist regime, the World Health Organization announced that tens of thousands of people in Gaza are suffering from various infectious, digestive and skin diseases due to the collapse of the health system. . |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the World Health Organization issued a statement in response to the crimes. The new Zionist regime in schools and hospitals in Gaza, especially Al-Shifa Medical Complex, announced that Al-Shifa Hospital has become a death zone and we are trying to immediately transfer patients and employees from this hospital.
Al-Shifa Hospital It has become a ‘death zone’
The World Health Organization reported that we are working and intending to transfer patients from Al-Shifa Hospital to Nasser Medical Complex and the European Hospital in Southern Gaza in the next 72 hours. Develop immediate plans to evacuate patients, staff, and refugees from this hospital, which has become a death zone.
This statement states that 25 health personnel and 291 patients are still present in Al-Shifa Hospital, and within two In the last three days, due to the failure of medical equipment, several deaths have occurred inside the hospital. Currently, 32 babies in this hospital are in a very serious condition and there is no oxygen machine available for them. There are also 22 dialysis patients who cannot be served.
This organization emphasized that it is waiting to receive guarantees for safe passage for the immediate transfer of patients from Al-Shifa Hospital to Nasser Medical Complex and Gaza European Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip. Are. Due to the security situation, the UN assessment teams were able to stay in al-Shifa hospital for only one hour and described the situation of this hospital as very disappointing and catastrophic.
The condition of al-Shifa hospital is unbearable
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, also said that Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza is no longer able to provide services to patients and has no water, electricity and fuel, and all medical equipment is out of order. The current situation in al-Shifa Medical Complex is intolerable and unjustifiable, and health facilities and civilians must be protected.
5 elements of life in Gaza have been destroyed
He added that out of 6 vital elements for life, 5 elements have been destroyed in Gaza, i.e. water, food, medicine, work and shelter. In fact, there is nothing but air here, and this is very disturbing. The process of providing aid to Gaza is also very slow and disappointing. Before the war, the people of Gaza depended on humanitarian aid and 500 trucks carrying aid entered the region every day, but while more than 6 weeks have passed since the war against Gaza, only 1130 trucks carrying humanitarian aid have arrived, of which only 220 trucks carry medical equipment.
Al Manzari emphasized, in the meantime, the World Health Organization has only been able to bring 16 aid trucks into Gaza, which never meets the needs.
prevalence of dangerous gastrointestinal diseases and epidemics
Regional director of the World Health Organization, stating that tens of thousands of people suffer from lung and digestive infections in the Gaza Strip, warns about the long-term impact of the collapse of the health system He said that in Gaza, which is besieged by Israel and has been deprived of electricity, water and fuel since 43 days ago, more than 60,000 people suffer from pneumonia and more than 35,000 from gastrointestinal diseases, mostly children and women. are pregnant About 16,000 cases of skin disease have also been observed.
He emphasized that due to the lack of any care equipment, premature babies should be transported out of Gaza faster and go to Egypt with equipped ambulances, but due to the complexity The stages and continuation of the attacks, Egyptian ambulances cannot enter Gaza. Israel must either provide what is necessary to protect human lives inside the hospitals or provide safe transportation conditions to reach the alternative hospital. Al Manzari concluded that the great danger in the Gaza Strip Currently, it is related to the stopping of the epidemiological survey and monitoring program, which was one of the best systems, but unfortunately, due to the destruction of the infrastructure and the massacre of health workers, this system has been stopped, and because of this, the risk of infectious diseases spreading among the people of Gaza and the spread of diseases which are transmitted through insects, such as malaria, yellow fever, cholera, hepatitis, etc. are very high.
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