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  • November 22, 2023
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Three premature Palestinian babies die recently at the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza due to a lack of electricity due to a lack of fuel to run

Gaza: Three premature babies died in hospital due to lack of electricity

Three premature Palestinian babies die recently at the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza due to a lack of electricity due to a lack of fuel to run the generators, a medical worker at the medical center said today.

Hospital use vegetable oil instead of diesel fuel so that the generators can provide some energy, has received the bodies of 60 dead since last night and about 200 sick and wounded are being cared for in the middle extreme situation– said his director.

All this happens after 39 premature babies Previous weeks had seen a similar situation at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where several people died due to a lack of power in incubators at the height of the siege by Israeli troops, who pushed the hospital to its limit before it was evacuated.

Among these children are Al-Shifa, 31 people were evacuated, 28 of them were transferred to Egypt. get medical help.

Photo: Reuters

Now, according to medical authorities, The situation in North Gaza hospitals– Kamal Radwan among them – similar to what Al-Shifa experienced in previous weeks.

And Kamal Adwan, Indonesia, and Al Auda, three major medical centers in the north, besieged by troops and under attacksay members of their medical teams, who warn that Israel is “committed to forcibly transferring” patients.

“We fear for the lives of those in hospitals. Kamal Adwan, Al Auda and Indonesian“Said health officials who said an ambulance transporting patients to Kamal Adwan Hospital was recently attacked.

Israel claims that Hamas is hiding part of its underground network of tunnels and military infrastructure under and around hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Shifa in Gaza City, where Israeli authorities say they have a military heart.

Photo: Reuters

Almost from the beginning of the war October 7 last yearThousands of displaced people have taken refuge in Gaza hospitals from Israeli bombing.

Most health centers have remained dysfunctional or at capacity due to the near-total Israeli blockade of access to food, drinking water, medicine or fuel, the latter a key resource for powering Gaza’s generators and providing electricity. Supposedly lack of energy or medication It has caused the death of many sick or injured hospitalized patients.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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