The Government of Gaza demands the “immediate” opening of a step to “save” the health system in the north

MADRID 16 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Government of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has demanded the “immediate” opening of a passage to “save” the health system in the north of the enclave, where the humanitarian situation is, according to the UN, catastrophic, within the framework of the intensification of Israeli military operations.

“We are launching an urgent appeal for relief to save what can be saved in the northern Gaza governorate, which is being subjected to murder and genocide. This area and its hospitals are experiencing a catastrophic situation in every sense of the word” , reads a statement from the media office of the Gazan Government.

In this sense, he has denounced that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “continue to attack the health system in the north of the Strip”, where a few days ago they “threatened to demolish” the four hospitals that continue to operate: Kamal Hospital Adwan, the Indonesian, the one from Al Awda and the one from Al Yaman al Said.

In addition, he indicated that the situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital is “going through a stage of unprecedented danger”, especially in the nursing area, which is “full of cases, including serious cases in the operations area.” “They perform cesarean sections in dangerous, unhealthy and unprecedented conditions,” he added.

He also explained that cases that need intensive care are transferred to the neonatal department instead of the ICU, due to lack of space because it is “completely full of adults.” Although all cases are classified as critical and urgent medical intervention, it cannot be carried out given the “difficult health situation that the hospital is going through.”

Hospitals located in this area need medical personnel and equipment to support the “exhausted staff”, fuel to ensure continuity of service, medical supplies, vaccines, infant milk and nutritional supplements, food for workers. “They need support and real actions, not words that are not supported by reality,” he concluded.

CATASTROPHIC SITUATION

The spokesman for the UN General Secretariat, Stéphane Dujarric, has warned that the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is “catastrophic”, since “Israeli military operations are intensifying there, seriously compromising the population’s access to the means of survival.”

As indicated in a press conference, only three hospitals in the province are currently operating and are at minimum capacity levels due to “serious shortages” of fuel, blood, trauma supplies and medications.

Some 285 patients remain in these hospitals while military activities abroad continue. Despite the recent evacuation of some patients from Kamla Adwan Hospital, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the center remains overwhelmed and receives between 50 and 70 injured patients each day. Furthermore, none of the province’s primary care centers are still operating.