Gaza doctors squeeze into an incubator because of fuel crisis
Gaza doctors squeeze into an incubator because of fuel crisis
Doctors in Gazastrreifen to be forced to accommodate several newborns in a single incubator. The hospitals warn of critical fuel passes that force them to cease vital services and thus put the life of patients in danger.
critical location of the fuel supply
The United Nations warned that the fuel crisis has reached a critical point. The available stocks are almost used up, and there are "practically no more additional supplies". According to the office for the coordination of humanitarian matters (OCHA), hospitals will have to ration, and the water and sewage systems are about to collapse. "The death figures could soon increase, unless the Israeli authorities urgently, regularly and in sufficient quantities of new fuel," says an explanation.
reinforced humanitarian crisis by blockade
an 11-week Israeli The director of the Al-Ali Hospital in the south of Gaza City published a photo of several newborns on Wednesday, which share a single incubator. "This tragic overcrowding is not only a result of missing equipment, but a direct consequence of the incessant war against Gaza and the overwhelming blockade that the entire health system has paralyzed," wrote Dr. Fadel Naim in a contribution to X. "The siege has made the routine care of premature babies into a struggle for survival. No child should be born in a world in which bombs and blockages decide whether they live or die." The director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gazas indicated that the bottlenecks force them to close the dialysis department in order to be able to concentrate on intensive care and the operating theaters. "If the fuel will not be made available in the next few hours, the Al-Shifa Hospital will no longer be functional in the next three hours, which will lead to a high number of deaths," said Dr. Mohammad Abu Silmiya towards CNN and pointed out that hundreds of patients are in danger, including 22 babies in incubators. In addition to the fuel bottlenecks, the difficulty of finding spare parts for the generators who supply the hospitals in Gaza with electricity, many facilities. "Not only the fuel is a major problem for the operation of the generators, our main difficulty is to find spare parts," the Gaza Ministry of Health told CNN on Wednesday
The al-Aqsa märyrer hospital in Central Gaza made an urgent explanation that the main generator of the facility was failed due to the lack of spare parts, which forced to use a smaller backup unit. "The fuel will go out in the next few hours and the life of hundreds of patients is at stake," said the message. "The closure of the hospital threatens health services for half a million people in the central government." beyond the hospitals is Trebstoff to maintain basic services in Gaza. The area is heavily dependent on imports for cooking, desalination and seams as well as for the operation of the vehicles that are used in rescue activities. Israel has restricted access to fuel in the course of the conflict and previously claimed that Hamas could use it to carry out weapons attacks. The aid organization doctors without borders (MSF) warned in a statement on Tuesday of an "never -ending humanitarian crisis" in the Gaza Strip and called for an armistice and the import of much greater humanitarian aid. "Our teams worked to treat the wounded and support overloaded hospitals, while indiscriminately attacks and a state of siege threaten millions of men, women and children," said MSF. "We are calling for the Israeli authorities and the governments complicated with them, including the British government, to end the blockade and take measures to prevent the Palestinians from Gaza." overcrowded hospitals and medical emergency situations
urgent need for fuel for basic care
call to help and end the blockade
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