"Global Health" It calls for an immediate appeal to seek medical evacuation from Gaza
& nbsp, the representative of the World Health Organization in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Rick Biberkorn, called for the need to lift the siege imposed on the aid sent to the Gaza Strip and the immediate appeal of the medical evacuation in all possible ways where thousands of patients are waiting. The occupied, where the Israeli authorities impose strict restrictions on the delivery of aid and the movement of the humanitarian workers. I was in the Gaza Strip a few weeks ago, and I got out of it early last month, before the start of the aid and renewed attacks & quot;
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and added & quot; The only one has sufficient food stocks in Gaza & quot;
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and continued: & quot; There was a glimmer of hope among all this misery, the places that I visited before, such as Rafah in the south, or Jabalia in the north, was a completely arid land, but people, including our employees, were returning to their homes, trying to fix their destroyed homes or building temporary camps, and we saw commercial activities resume their activity, and food options Available & quot;.
& nbsp; But after that, with the siege, food, water and basic medicines began to run out very quickly, and despite storing supplies during the ceasefire, we are now suffering from a severe deficiency in supplies, and it is difficult to keep hospitals open even partially & quot; it is an alarm that the stock runs out of therapeutic milk, antibiotics to treat severe infections, shock pain relievers, insulin, ambulance spare parts, and parts of ambulances, And oxygen cylinders, and others.
& nbsp; Surgery takes hours, which increases the risk of permanent disability or amputation & quot;
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and stressed the need to lift the siege imposed on aid, and return to an arrange Relief workers from their work & quot;
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Biberkorn said: & quot; I spoke today with my team leaders in the Gaza Strip, who visited Al -Shifa Hospital, which is now the main center of surgery in the north, where he suffers from severe pressure and a lack of support & quot; indicating that the possibility of transporting some patients from Al -Shifa is studied to the south, but the situation is complicated. In the hope of it, noting that up to 12,000 patients need a medical evacuation, but since the beginning of the siege, we have been able to evacuate only 121 people, including 73 children, again the call for the necessity of the immediate appeal of the medical evacuation in all possible ways and that this is now done.
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