The WHO says it is not possible to lose another hospital in Gaza after the end of the truce

O World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it is not possible to lose another hospital in Gaza stripwhere those that continue to operate do so in a restricted manner due to the lack of electricity, supplies, personnel, damage suffered in bombings and the huge influx of wounded.

“We cannot afford to lose a single hospital, another single bed. We are very concerned about the destruction of health facilities, especially in the north (of Gaza)”, said the organization’s representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Peeperkorn.

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He stated that in the north of Link There are only three small hospitals left that are barely functioning, while in the south (where the vast majority of the displaced population is located) health centers are completely saturated.

The end of the truce of a few days agreed between Israel and the Islamic movement Hamas now puts the integrity of the hospitals in the southern sector of Gaza and leaving them out of service, as happened with the vast majority of those operating in the north, where the largest and most modern were located because there were considerably more inhabitants there than in the south.

The city of Linkwhich used to be the capital, is located in the north but has been largely devastated by the Israeli offensive.

If before Link had the capacity to 3,500 hospital beds, this number has been reduced to 1,562, although it is estimated that they need 5,000 additional beds with absolute urgency

Despite the fact that in the days when the bombings stopped, the influx of humanitarian aid increased considerably, Peeperkorn ensured that active hospitals they are still missing medical supplies, fuel (for electricity generation), water it’s food.

At the same press conference and speaking of Link via video call, the emergency coordinator of the WHO, To steal Holdensaid he visited the Nasser Hospital (the largest in operation in the south) on Thursday, which has 315 beds but treats more than 700 patients.

Of Al-Aqsa Hospital He highlighted that, compared to the 200 beds available, now houses 6,000 patientswhile the European Hospital has 370 beds, but has admitted more than 900 patients.

“Patients are everywhere, it is really catastrophic and very difficult for healthcare personnel to take care of such a huge number of patients who are lying on the floor”commented Holden.

Source: Elcomercio

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