Closure of the only hospital for cancer patients in Gaza

Gaza's health authorities have announced that the only hospital for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip is closed due to a lack of fuel.

Nov 2, 2023 - 08:07
Closure of the only hospital for cancer patients in Gaza
Closure of the only hospital for cancer patients in Gaza

According to Reuters, the director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital said: "The hospital, which mainly treats cancer patients, has run out of fuel and is now closed." The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced in the Gaza Strip that the bodies of thousands of martyrs from the Zionist regime's attacks on the area are still under the rubble and access to them is currently impossible. A representative of this ministry asked people to bring all the fuel they have to the Chief Medical Complex and the Indonesian hospital to save the lives of the wounded and sick. The head of Doctors Without Borders, pointing to the need for more assistance from the organization's medical teams, demanded that the Zionist regime refrain from attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said they have only a few hours before the power generators at the two medical centers are cut off, and stressed: "We need fuel to save 42 children in incubators, 62 wounded and ventilated patients, and 650 kidney patients." insufficiency." The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the number of martyrs reached 8,796, including 3,648 children and 2,290 women, while the number of wounded reached 22,219.