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10,000 cancer patients in Gaza in ‘terrible, terrible conditions’ and without treatment

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Management at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the only one treating cancer patients in the strip, said it had 10,000 patients “in dire conditions” and

10,000 cancer patients in Gaza in ‘terrible, terrible conditions’ and without treatment

Management at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the only one treating cancer patients in the strip, said it had 10,000 patients “in dire conditions” and without treatment.

“After the hospital was forcibly decommissioned, we have ten thousand cancer patients in terrible and inhumane conditions” and “we do not have any medicine to treat them,” said Subhi Skyke, the center’s general director.

As specified, the direction 2,200 patients abroad will receive treatment“and some of them traveled” to other countries.

The hospital calls on the “free world to stop Israeli aggression” in the Gaza Strip

In turn, he called on “the free world to stop Israeli aggression” in the Gaza Strip, as well as to “expedite the departure of patients and guarantee the provision of treatment.”

“All countries, especially the brotherly Republic of Turkey, are demanding the reopening of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, which is considered the only shelter for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip,” its director said at a press conference.

At the medical center there was does not work due to lack of fuel to generate electricity and for damage caused by Israeli attacks between October and November, medical staff said.

Only 13 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functioning.

Currently, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 13 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially operational: nine in the south and four in the north.

“Everyone faces problems like a lack of medical personnel, including specialized surgeons, neurosurgeons and intensive care staff, as well as shortages of consumables such as anesthesia, antibiotics or painkillers“.

In addition to the “critical need for fuel, food and drinking water,” the United Nations says.

Nine hospitals in the south, in an area where Israeli forces are expanding their attacks, are “triple their capacity” and “critical shortages of essential supplies and fuel.”

‘Severe food shortages’ in Gaza

In turn, according to the UN, the Gaza Strip faces “severe food shortages”, “and the risk of famine is increasing every day amid intense conflict and restrictions on humanitarian access.”

The situation of a serious humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip has been worsening since the war began on October 7, after Israel imposed a near-total blockade of the enclave, almost gradually limiting Gaza’s access to food, drinking water, medicine, basic materials or fuel. . (EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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