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More than 10,000 Palestinians still need to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip to be cared for and treated outside the Strip.– the World Health Organization (WHO) regional
More than 10,000 Palestinians still need to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip to be cared for and treated outside the Strip.– the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for the Middle East, Hanan Balkhi, warned on Tuesday after visiting the area.
A Saudi doctor who has held his post since February last year has condemned the The health crisis in the Gaza Strip continues, aggravated by the closure of the Rafah border crossing, which he assured “is preventing critically ill patients from receiving the specialist medical care they need outside of Gaza.”
“While several patients were recently evacuated through the Karm Abu Salem crossing (in the south of the enclave), more “10,000 patients still stuck on the runway waiting to be evacuated”– the regional director from Jerusalem emphasized at a telematic press conference for media accredited to the UN in Geneva.
According to the regional director, since the beginning of the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip WHO and its partners have supported the medical evacuation of 4,913 patients. outside the Strip.
However, he warned that these Evacuation operations face increasing obstacles, failures, delays and greater risks. for the safety of the medical workers themselves.
He also recalled that another major consequence of Israeli restrictions is fuel shortagenecessary to ensure that all humanitarian operations, including health operations, operate at their full capacity.
Hospitals are again running low on fuel, threatening to disrupt critical services, and the wounded are dying as ambulance services are delayed due to fuel shortages.
Hanan Balkhy, Regional Director for the Middle East, World Health Organization (WHO). | Photo: X @HananBalkhy.
According to WHO, from June 15 to 23 The local water and sewer department received less than 5% of the fuel needed each day to maintain sanitation services.
Given this situation, Balkhi called for the “urgent” establishment of medical evacuation corridors for the “sustainable, organized, safe and timely” passage of critical patients from Gaza and through all available routes.
“Only through collective action can we ensure that people “Get the medical care you desperately need and deserve today.”– he concluded.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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