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.World Health Organization (WHO) reached northern #Gaza despite extremely challenging conditions and rapidly shrinking humanitarian access. An international orthopedic emergency medical team was deployed to Al-Ahli Hospital, with support from WHO, to address the surge in trauma cases. The hospital is once again overwhelmed. Following an airstrike on a... school in Gaza City, Al-Ahli reportedly received over 180 injured and 52 deceased in just one night, pushing its emergency unit to eight times its capacity. With only three operating theatres, the hospital cannot meet the current surgical demand. Of the 160 available blood units, 50 were used in a single day, leaving stocks critically low. The hospital’s CT scanner — the only one in northern Gaza — has broken down due to sustained overuse under the heavy patient load. To ease pressure on Al-Ahli, WHO is supporting the improvement of trauma care pathways to enable patient transfers to Al-Shifa Hospital. WHO will also deliver essential supplies from its dwindling stocks to help replenish the hospital. Without the immediate lifting of the aid blockade and a ceasefire, these efforts risk falling short, as the violence intensifies and health facilities struggle to remain operational.show more

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.@WHO also reached Al-Shifa Hospital, where conditions continue to worsen amid escalating hostilities. Doctors are being forced to discharge patients early to make room for trauma cases in urgent need of surgery. A new 70-bed surgical and orthopedic wing is under construction to help absorb the growing caseload. In the meantime, a WHO-provided tent with 10 inpatient beds is already in place, with more tents planned to further expand capacity. WHO is also providing technical expertise to strengthen mass casualty management to save lives amid the patient surge. Lift the blockade. Protect health care. Ceasefire now.

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Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) delivered three trucks of surgical and essential medical supplies to the central pharmacy in #Gaza City from our warehouse in Deir al Balah, as part of our scaled-up activities since the ceasefire. The supplies will be transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital and will cover the needs of 10 000 people. We thank to EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 for their ongoing support to provide Palestinians in Gaza with essential medicines. WHO also: -deployed an international emergency medical team to boost orthopaedic surgery and trauma care; -set up two new operating theaters and planning to add 120 more inpatient beds into Al-Shifa hospital to expand their capacities. We call for sustained access and donor support to continue, so we can ensure Gaza's health system's rehabilitation.

Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) delivered three trucks of surgical and essential medical supplies to the central pharmacy in #Gaza City from our warehouse in Deir al Balah, as part of our scaled-up activities since the ceasefire. The supplies will be transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital and will cover the needs of 10 000 people. We thank to EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 for their ongoing support to provide Palestinians in Gaza with essential medicines. WHO also: -deployed an international emergency medical team to boost orthopaedic surgery and trauma care; -set up two new operating theaters and planning to add 120 more inpatient beds into Al-Shifa hospital to expand their capacities. We call for sustained access and donor support to continue, so we can ensure Gaza's health system's rehabilitation.

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WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address urgent needs in north #Gaza WHO staff participated in a joint UN mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December to deliver health supplies and assess the situation in the facility. Partners on today’s mission included OCHA, UNDSS, and UNMAS. The team delivered medicines and surgical supplies, orthopedic surgery equipment, and anesthesia materials and drugs to the hospital. Al-Shifa Hospital, currently minimally functional, needs to urgently resume at least basic operations to continue serving the thousands in need of lifesaving health care.Once the most important and largest referral hospital in Gaza, Al-Shifa now houses only a handful of doctors and a few nurses, together with 70 volunteers, working under what WHO staff described as “unbelievably challenging circumstances" and calling it a “hospital in need of resuscitation.” The operating theatres and other major services remain nonfunctional due to a lack of fuel, oxygen, specialized medical staff, and supplies. The hospital is only able to provide basic trauma stabilization, has no blood for transfusion, and hardly any staff to care for the constant flow of patients. Dialysis is being provided to approximately 30 patients a day, with the dialysis machines operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, using a small generator.The team described the emergency department as a “bloodbath”, with hundreds of injured patients inside and new patients arriving every minute. Patients with trauma injuries were being sutured on the floor, and limited to no pain management is available at the hospital. WHO staff said that the emergency department is so full that care must be exercised to not step on patients on the floor. Critical patients are being transferred to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital for surgeries. Tens of thousands of displaced people are using the hospital building and grounds for shelter. A multi-pronged humanitarian response is needed to provide them with food, water and shelter. Many of them asked our team to tell the world what is happening in the hope that their suffering might soon be eased. Al-Shifa Hospital continues to experience a severe shortage of food and safe water for health workers, patients, and displaced people. This reflects grave and growing concerns around persistent hunger across the Gaza Strip, and the consequences of malnutrition on people’s health and susceptibility to infectious diseases. WHO is committed to strengthening Al-Shifa Hospital in the coming weeks, so that it can resume at least basic functionality and continue to provide the lifesaving services that are needed at this critical time. Up to 20 operating theatres in the hospital, as well as post-operative care services, can be activated if provided with regular supplies of fuel, oxygen, medicines, food, and water. Substantial additional specialized medical, nursing and support staff, including emergency medical teams, are also urgently needed.Currently, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital remains the only partially functional hospital in north Gaza, along with three minimally functional hospitals—Al-Shifa, Al Awda and Al Sahaba Medical Complex—down from 24 before the conflict. WHO is also gravely concerned about the unfolding situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital and is gathering information urgently. As hostilities continue and health needs across the Gaza Strip increase, Al-Shifa Hospital, a cornerstone of Gaza’s health system, must be urgently restored so that it can serve besieged people trapped in a cycle of death, destruction, hunger, and disease.

WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address urgent needs in north #Gaza WHO staff participated in a joint UN mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December to deliver health supplies and assess the situation in the facility. Partners on today’s mission included OCHA, UNDSS, and UNMAS. The team delivered medicines and surgical supplies, orthopedic surgery equipment, and anesthesia materials and drugs to the hospital. Al-Shifa Hospital, currently minimally functional, needs to urgently resume at least basic operations to continue serving the thousands in need of lifesaving health care.Once the most important and largest referral hospital in Gaza, Al-Shifa now houses only a handful of doctors and a few nurses, together with 70 volunteers, working under what WHO staff described as “unbelievably challenging circumstances" and calling it a “hospital in need of resuscitation.” The operating theatres and other major services remain nonfunctional due to a lack of fuel, oxygen, specialized medical staff, and supplies. The hospital is only able to provide basic trauma stabilization, has no blood for transfusion, and hardly any staff to care for the constant flow of patients. Dialysis is being provided to approximately 30 patients a day, with the dialysis machines operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, using a small generator.The team described the emergency department as a “bloodbath”, with hundreds of injured patients inside and new patients arriving every minute. Patients with trauma injuries were being sutured on the floor, and limited to no pain management is available at the hospital. WHO staff said that the emergency department is so full that care must be exercised to not step on patients on the floor. Critical patients are being transferred to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital for surgeries. Tens of thousands of displaced people are using the hospital building and grounds for shelter. A multi-pronged humanitarian response is needed to provide them with food, water and shelter. Many of them asked our team to tell the world what is happening in the hope that their suffering might soon be eased. Al-Shifa Hospital continues to experience a severe shortage of food and safe water for health workers, patients, and displaced people. This reflects grave and growing concerns around persistent hunger across the Gaza Strip, and the consequences of malnutrition on people’s health and susceptibility to infectious diseases. WHO is committed to strengthening Al-Shifa Hospital in the coming weeks, so that it can resume at least basic functionality and continue to provide the lifesaving services that are needed at this critical time. Up to 20 operating theatres in the hospital, as well as post-operative care services, can be activated if provided with regular supplies of fuel, oxygen, medicines, food, and water. Substantial additional specialized medical, nursing and support staff, including emergency medical teams, are also urgently needed.Currently, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital remains the only partially functional hospital in north Gaza, along with three minimally functional hospitals—Al-Shifa, Al Awda and Al Sahaba Medical Complex—down from 24 before the conflict. WHO is also gravely concerned about the unfolding situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital and is gathering information urgently. As hostilities continue and health needs across the Gaza Strip increase, Al-Shifa Hospital, a cornerstone of Gaza’s health system, must be urgently restored so that it can serve besieged people trapped in a cycle of death, destruction, hunger, and disease.

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Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) delivered 3,000 liters of diesel from its remaining reserve in northern #Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital, aiming to prevent the shutdown of critical services. This fuel is only enough for a few days. The hospital is operating at minimum capacity and has been forced to reduce services to preserve fuel for critical care. One operating theatre is down, dialysis sessions have been cut from 3 to 2 days per week per patient, oxygen plant has stopped, forcing reliance on cylinders. The hospital is overwhelmed and severely under-resourced. Beds are full, and patients are once again being treated on the floor. World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting to expand the hospital capacity by 70 more beds. However, without sustained fuel and medical supply deliveries, more services will shut down and more lives will be lost. WHO calls for fuel to be urgently allowed into #Gaza and for the rapid, unimpeded delivery of health aid through all available routes.

Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) delivered 3,000 liters of diesel from its remaining reserve in northern #Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital, aiming to prevent the shutdown of critical services. This fuel is only enough for a few days. The hospital is operating at minimum capacity and has been forced to reduce services to preserve fuel for critical care. One operating theatre is down, dialysis sessions have been cut from 3 to 2 days per week per patient, oxygen plant has stopped, forcing reliance on cylinders. The hospital is overwhelmed and severely under-resourced. Beds are full, and patients are once again being treated on the floor. World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting to expand the hospital capacity by 70 more beds. However, without sustained fuel and medical supply deliveries, more services will shut down and more lives will be lost. WHO calls for fuel to be urgently allowed into #Gaza and for the rapid, unimpeded delivery of health aid through all available routes.

WHO in occupied Palestinian territory

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This week, World Health Organization (WHO) reached Al-Shifa Hospital to: - deliver 9,700 liters of fuel - blood and plasma units for distribution to hospitals in Gaza City - facilitate the return of the emergency medical team deployed in Gaza City - transfer 3 patients and 8 companions for onward evacuation abroad - facilitate training for the rapid response team and health workers on a new disease surveillance system. WHO is also working closely with the hospital to improve the patients’ referral system.

This week, World Health Organization (WHO) reached Al-Shifa Hospital to: - deliver 9,700 liters of fuel - blood and plasma units for distribution to hospitals in Gaza City - facilitate the return of the emergency medical team deployed in Gaza City - transfer 3 patients and 8 companions for onward evacuation abroad - facilitate training for the rapid response team and health workers on a new disease surveillance system. WHO is also working closely with the hospital to improve the patients’ referral system.

WHO in occupied Palestinian territory

44,236 views • 1 year ago

$Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners evacuated two patients from Al-Ahli hospital in northern #Gaza: -16 year old girl with upper limb injury -32 year woman with spinal fracture Both patients have congenital hearing loss. They will continue receiving care in European Gaza Hospital. Al-Ahli hospital currently has a 100 bed capacity and is facing a huge challenge of exhausted and unpaid workforce since October. Specialised physicians remain in the hospital until 4pm. For the rest of day, only residents and trainees are providing care. The hospital needs orthopaedic, plastic, maxillofacial and neurosurgery specialists. The hospital also lacks medical supplies, and fuel remains of concern to keep the generator going to provide electricity for essential services. We continue to appeal for a ceasefire. People in Gaza have suffered too much.$

Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners evacuated two patients from Al-Ahli hospital in northern #Gaza: -16 year old girl with upper limb injury -32 year woman with spinal fracture Both patients have congenital hearing loss. They will continue receiving care in European Gaza Hospital. Al-Ahli hospital currently has a 100 bed capacity and is facing a huge challenge of exhausted and unpaid workforce since October. Specialised physicians remain in the hospital until 4pm. For the rest of day, only residents and trainees are providing care. The hospital needs orthopaedic, plastic, maxillofacial and neurosurgery specialists. The hospital also lacks medical supplies, and fuel remains of concern to keep the generator going to provide electricity for essential services. We continue to appeal for a ceasefire. People in Gaza have suffered too much.

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57,870 views • 2 years ago

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners transferred 14 critical patients and 11 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital - as part of a two day mission, amid hostilities and access restrictions, which forced the team to stay at Kamal Adwan hospital over night with heavy bombardment in the vicinity of the hospital. This was a fourth attempt to reach Kamal Adwan. Despite an initial agreement, the delivery of critical medical supplies, blood, and fuel, which are essential for keeping Kamal Adwan Hospital operational, were denied just a few hours before the mission departure. The health situation in northern #Gaza is horrific, with precarious access to essential health care. Health care continues to be attacked and hospitals starved of supplies and fuel, while WHO’s ability to regularly reach health facilities is severely compromised due to consistent mission delays and denials. We urge for a sustained and safe humanitarian access. Ceasefire!

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners transferred 14 critical patients and 11 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital - as part of a two day mission, amid hostilities and access restrictions, which forced the team to stay at Kamal Adwan hospital over night with heavy bombardment in the vicinity of the hospital. This was a fourth attempt to reach Kamal Adwan. Despite an initial agreement, the delivery of critical medical supplies, blood, and fuel, which are essential for keeping Kamal Adwan Hospital operational, were denied just a few hours before the mission departure. The health situation in northern #Gaza is horrific, with precarious access to essential health care. Health care continues to be attacked and hospitals starved of supplies and fuel, while WHO’s ability to regularly reach health facilities is severely compromised due to consistent mission delays and denials. We urge for a sustained and safe humanitarian access. Ceasefire!

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122,331 views • 1 year ago

This week, World Health Organization (WHO) reached Al-Ahli Hospital in #Gaza City to deliver critical trauma care and laboratory supplies - enough to meet the needs of over 5,000 people - along with food and water for patients and staff. The hospital remains overwhelmed, operating at more than twice its capacity, with around 400 emergency patients arriving each day amid ongoing nearby hostilities and severe shortages of medical supplies. Most senior doctors have left, leaving only a handful of junior physicians and no specialized surgeons to manage the influx of the wounded. While progress toward peace is a welcome step, violence has continued to claim more lives. We need peace now. Ceasefire.

This week, World Health Organization (WHO) reached Al-Ahli Hospital in #Gaza City to deliver critical trauma care and laboratory supplies - enough to meet the needs of over 5,000 people - along with food and water for patients and staff. The hospital remains overwhelmed, operating at more than twice its capacity, with around 400 emergency patients arriving each day amid ongoing nearby hostilities and severe shortages of medical supplies. Most senior doctors have left, leaving only a handful of junior physicians and no specialized surgeons to manage the influx of the wounded. While progress toward peace is a welcome step, violence has continued to claim more lives. We need peace now. Ceasefire.

WHO in occupied Palestinian territory

20,322 views • 10 months ago

Today World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations partners and PRCS safely transferred 22 patients and 19 companions from Al-Ahli hospital in northern #Gaza to the south. The patients are suffering from gunshot wounds, amputations and burns. They are currently in European Gaza hospital, which is itself managing twice the number of patients it was designed for. Two days ago, WHO led another joint-UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives and health workers from Al-Shifa hospital. The mission was undertaken under intense fighting, following specific requests from health authorities and hospital officials in Gaza. Thanks as well to United NationsOCHA, United NationsRWA and United NationsDSS. To meet all the health needs in Gaza, much more support is needed and above all sustained ceasefire.

Today World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations partners and PRCS safely transferred 22 patients and 19 companions from Al-Ahli hospital in northern #Gaza to the south. The patients are suffering from gunshot wounds, amputations and burns. They are currently in European Gaza hospital, which is itself managing twice the number of patients it was designed for. Two days ago, WHO led another joint-UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives and health workers from Al-Shifa hospital. The mission was undertaken under intense fighting, following specific requests from health authorities and hospital officials in Gaza. Thanks as well to United NationsOCHA, United NationsRWA and United NationsDSS. To meet all the health needs in Gaza, much more support is needed and above all sustained ceasefire.

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197,724 views • 2 years ago

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza two days ago, amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission. The team delivered 5000 liters of fuel, food and medicines, and transferred 3 patients and 6 companions to Al-Shifa Hospital. In the last week, four WHO missions to Kamal Adwan have been arbitrarily denied, including the re-deployment of the international emergency medical team, which had self-evacuated from the hospital on 6 December due to hostilities. This has left the hospital without specialized personnel for surgical and maternal care. Hostilities around the hospital continue and recent attacks have further damaged the oxygen supply, generators, and broken windows and doors of the patients' rooms. The conditions in the hospital are simply appalling. We urge for the protection of health care and for this hell to stop! Ceasefire!

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza two days ago, amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission. The team delivered 5000 liters of fuel, food and medicines, and transferred 3 patients and 6 companions to Al-Shifa Hospital. In the last week, four WHO missions to Kamal Adwan have been arbitrarily denied, including the re-deployment of the international emergency medical team, which had self-evacuated from the hospital on 6 December due to hostilities. This has left the hospital without specialized personnel for surgical and maternal care. Hostilities around the hospital continue and recent attacks have further damaged the oxygen supply, generators, and broken windows and doors of the patients' rooms. The conditions in the hospital are simply appalling. We urge for the protection of health care and for this hell to stop! Ceasefire!

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

30,120 views • 1 year ago

#Gaza: "In Al-Ahli hospital, also in the north, I saw patients who were lying on church pews basically waiting to die in a hospital that had no fuel, no power, no water"- Sean Casey, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Team Coordinator

#Gaza: "In Al-Ahli hospital, also in the north, I saw patients who were lying on church pews basically waiting to die in a hospital that had no fuel, no power, no water"- Sean Casey, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Team Coordinator

UN News

165,279 views • 2 years ago

.World Health Organization (WHO) has received troubling reports of increasing hostilities and ongoing evacuation orders near the vital Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Middle Area of #Gaza, which according to the facility’s director forced over 600 patients and most health workers to leave. Their locations are not currently known. Earlier today, World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Humanitarian visited Al-Aqsa and saw large numbers of wounded people being brought in for urgent treatment. The health facility reported immense needs, especially health workers, medical supplies and beds. But staff said their greatest need was for their hospital, and its staff, patients and families there, to be protected from strikes and hostilities. Three months into this conflict, it is inconceivable that this most essential need—the protection of health care—is not assured. No hospitals are fully functioning in Northern Gaza, where another WHO mission was cancelled today due to dangers and lack of necessary permissions. Elsewhere in Gaza, a mere handful of health facilities operate. At Al-Aqsa, WHO staff saw sickening scenes of people of all ages being treated on blood-streaked floors and in chaotic corridors. An unidentified child laid dead, partially covered by a sheet, on a bed. Other injured were prostrate on the floor, being stepped over by the health staff and families. A man’s harrowing groans, either from pain or anguish, cut through the emergency ward’s commotion. The bloodbath in Gaza must end. Al-Aqsa is extremely short-staffed. Partners at Medical Aid for Palestinians and IRC - International Rescue Committee announced today that due to increasing military activity around Al-Aqsa Hospital they have been forced to withdraw their staff working at the hospital and cease activities. On 6 Jan MSF International took similar action due to evacuation orders in areas close to the hospital. During today’s mission, we were informed that evacuation orders and lack of safety had forced most health staff to leave. Tonight’s reports indicate that only 5 doctors remain. Hospital management said health workers had no food. The WHO team delivered medical supplies to support 4500 patients needing dialysis for 3 months and 500 patients requiring trauma care. WHO is planning to facilitate the much-needed deployment of an emergency medical team to support the overstretched doctors and nurses of Al-Aqsa. This will only be possible in a secure environment. In recent weeks, the lowest number of daily casualties received at the hospital was 14 fatalities and 48 people suffering trauma. But in past days this has increased markedly, with over 120 trauma cases and dozens of dead arriving per day due to increased shelling, gunshot wounds, crush injuries from collapsed buildings, and other war-related trauma. Al-Aqsa is the most important hospital remaining in Gaza’s Middle Area and must remain functional, and protected, to deliver its lifesaving services. Further erosion of its functionality cannot be permitted – doing so in the face of such trauma, injury and humanitarian suffering would be a moral and medical outrage. #CeasefireNOW.

.World Health Organization (WHO) has received troubling reports of increasing hostilities and ongoing evacuation orders near the vital Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Middle Area of #Gaza, which according to the facility’s director forced over 600 patients and most health workers to leave. Their locations are not currently known. Earlier today, World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Humanitarian visited Al-Aqsa and saw large numbers of wounded people being brought in for urgent treatment. The health facility reported immense needs, especially health workers, medical supplies and beds. But staff said their greatest need was for their hospital, and its staff, patients and families there, to be protected from strikes and hostilities. Three months into this conflict, it is inconceivable that this most essential need—the protection of health care—is not assured. No hospitals are fully functioning in Northern Gaza, where another WHO mission was cancelled today due to dangers and lack of necessary permissions. Elsewhere in Gaza, a mere handful of health facilities operate. At Al-Aqsa, WHO staff saw sickening scenes of people of all ages being treated on blood-streaked floors and in chaotic corridors. An unidentified child laid dead, partially covered by a sheet, on a bed. Other injured were prostrate on the floor, being stepped over by the health staff and families. A man’s harrowing groans, either from pain or anguish, cut through the emergency ward’s commotion. The bloodbath in Gaza must end. Al-Aqsa is extremely short-staffed. Partners at Medical Aid for Palestinians and IRC - International Rescue Committee announced today that due to increasing military activity around Al-Aqsa Hospital they have been forced to withdraw their staff working at the hospital and cease activities. On 6 Jan MSF International took similar action due to evacuation orders in areas close to the hospital. During today’s mission, we were informed that evacuation orders and lack of safety had forced most health staff to leave. Tonight’s reports indicate that only 5 doctors remain. Hospital management said health workers had no food. The WHO team delivered medical supplies to support 4500 patients needing dialysis for 3 months and 500 patients requiring trauma care. WHO is planning to facilitate the much-needed deployment of an emergency medical team to support the overstretched doctors and nurses of Al-Aqsa. This will only be possible in a secure environment. In recent weeks, the lowest number of daily casualties received at the hospital was 14 fatalities and 48 people suffering trauma. But in past days this has increased markedly, with over 120 trauma cases and dozens of dead arriving per day due to increased shelling, gunshot wounds, crush injuries from collapsed buildings, and other war-related trauma. Al-Aqsa is the most important hospital remaining in Gaza’s Middle Area and must remain functional, and protected, to deliver its lifesaving services. Further erosion of its functionality cannot be permitted – doing so in the face of such trauma, injury and humanitarian suffering would be a moral and medical outrage. #CeasefireNOW.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

446,894 views • 2 years ago

“Not only is this a surgical building where normally 20 operating theaters would function, but currently it is home to thousands of IDPs who are coming under attack on the grounds of a hospital” – Sean Casey, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

“Not only is this a surgical building where normally 20 operating theaters would function, but currently it is home to thousands of IDPs who are coming under attack on the grounds of a hospital” – Sean Casey, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

UN News

72,005 views • 2 years ago

With our partners, UNICEF delivered medical supplies to Al-Nasr hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. The health system in the Gaza Strip has reached a critical point of collapse. UNICEF is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access.

With our partners, UNICEF delivered medical supplies to Al-Nasr hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. The health system in the Gaza Strip has reached a critical point of collapse. UNICEF is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access.

UNICEF

66,310 views • 2 years ago

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners transferred 5 pediatric patients - four cancer patients and a patient with second degree burns - from Al-Ahli hospital yesterday to Nasser Medical Complex. They will continue receiving care there until the cancer patients are able to leave #Gaza for specialised care. We also delivered medical supplies to cover the health needs of 20,000 patients at Al-Ahli and As-Sahaba hospitals along with 19000L of fuel. In addition, the rotation of 8 PRCS team members to southern Gaza, who were working in the north over the past few weeks, was also supported. Over 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside #Gaza. We call for their sustained medical evacuation and timely passage via all possible routes. Above all, the people in Gaza need peace. Ceasefire.

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners transferred 5 pediatric patients - four cancer patients and a patient with second degree burns - from Al-Ahli hospital yesterday to Nasser Medical Complex. They will continue receiving care there until the cancer patients are able to leave #Gaza for specialised care. We also delivered medical supplies to cover the health needs of 20,000 patients at Al-Ahli and As-Sahaba hospitals along with 19000L of fuel. In addition, the rotation of 8 PRCS team members to southern Gaza, who were working in the north over the past few weeks, was also supported. Over 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside #Gaza. We call for their sustained medical evacuation and timely passage via all possible routes. Above all, the people in Gaza need peace. Ceasefire.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

87,613 views • 2 years ago

"The violence around the hospital is just harrowing." Update on the Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza We urgently call to stop the attacks against hospitals, for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients.

"The violence around the hospital is just harrowing." Update on the Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza We urgently call to stop the attacks against hospitals, for an immediate ceasefire and for the protection of medical facilities, medical staff and patients.

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

71,133 views • 2 years ago

Since this morning’s reports of a raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza, we have lost touch with the personnel there. This development is deeply disturbing given the number of patients being served and people sheltering there. Prior to this, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Kamal Adwan Hospital late last night, amid hostilities in the vicinity, and transferred 23 patients and 26 caregivers to Al-Shifa Hospital. The team also delivered 180 units of blood, trauma and surgical supplies and medicines for over 5000 patients. Kamal Adwan Hospital has been overflowing with close to 200 patients - a constant stream of horrific trauma cases. It is also full of hundreds of people seeking shelter. Accessing hospitals across #Gaza is getting unbelievably harder and exposes our staff to unnecessary danger. The mission returned at 3.30 am. We call for an immediate ceasefire; and protection of hospitals, patients, health professionals and humanitarians. Everyone in Gaza needs peace.

Since this morning’s reports of a raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza, we have lost touch with the personnel there. This development is deeply disturbing given the number of patients being served and people sheltering there. Prior to this, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Kamal Adwan Hospital late last night, amid hostilities in the vicinity, and transferred 23 patients and 26 caregivers to Al-Shifa Hospital. The team also delivered 180 units of blood, trauma and surgical supplies and medicines for over 5000 patients. Kamal Adwan Hospital has been overflowing with close to 200 patients - a constant stream of horrific trauma cases. It is also full of hundreds of people seeking shelter. Accessing hospitals across #Gaza is getting unbelievably harder and exposes our staff to unnecessary danger. The mission returned at 3.30 am. We call for an immediate ceasefire; and protection of hospitals, patients, health professionals and humanitarians. Everyone in Gaza needs peace.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

261,536 views • 1 year ago

The conflict in #Gaza has severely impacted the health system, leaving North Gaza with almost no functional health facilities. Since October 2023, World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 75 attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital, 63 on Al-Awda Hospital, and 28 on Indonesian Hospital, resulting in severe damage and destruction to all three facilities. Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals are currently non-functional, while restoration efforts are underway at Al-Awda Hospital. As part of its 60-day plan, WHO is scaling-up efforts to support early recovery and rebuild Gaza's health system, focusing on restoring essential health services and making hospitals operational.

The conflict in #Gaza has severely impacted the health system, leaving North Gaza with almost no functional health facilities. Since October 2023, World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 75 attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital, 63 on Al-Awda Hospital, and 28 on Indonesian Hospital, resulting in severe damage and destruction to all three facilities. Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals are currently non-functional, while restoration efforts are underway at Al-Awda Hospital. As part of its 60-day plan, WHO is scaling-up efforts to support early recovery and rebuild Gaza's health system, focusing on restoring essential health services and making hospitals operational.

WHO in occupied Palestinian territory

69,179 views • 1 year ago

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in #Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege. The team witnessed at least five dead bodies during the mission. Most of the buildings in the hospital complex are extensively destroyed and the majority of assets damaged or reduced to ashes. Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible. An in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if the remaining buildings are safe for future use. WHO and partners’ recent effort to support the revival of basic services at Al-Shifa are now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services. As famine looms, disease outbreaks spread, and trauma injuries increase, WHO urges immediate: - protection of remaining health facilities in Gaza - protection of health and humanitarian workers - additional land crossings to allow access into and across north Gaza - functional deconfliction mechanism - unimpeded access of humanitarian aid into and across the Gaza Strip - ceasefire.

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in #Gaza, which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege. The team witnessed at least five dead bodies during the mission. Most of the buildings in the hospital complex are extensively destroyed and the majority of assets damaged or reduced to ashes. Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible. An in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if the remaining buildings are safe for future use. WHO and partners’ recent effort to support the revival of basic services at Al-Shifa are now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services. As famine looms, disease outbreaks spread, and trauma injuries increase, WHO urges immediate: - protection of remaining health facilities in Gaza - protection of health and humanitarian workers - additional land crossings to allow access into and across north Gaza - functional deconfliction mechanism - unimpeded access of humanitarian aid into and across the Gaza Strip - ceasefire.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

1,633,937 views • 2 years ago