In keeping with the WHO, 13 sufferers in crucial situation have been transferred from Kamal Adwan hospital to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza Metropolis.
“The hospital is overwhelmed and nonetheless serving round 60 in-patients and receiving at the very least 50-70 injured every day,” Tedros mentioned.
Six different sufferers who had been transferred earlier from al-Awda Hospital to Kamal Adwan have been additionally taken to Al-Shifa, together with these accompanying them.
The resupply mission additionally delivered 20,000 litres of gas to maintain Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda operational, and 23,000 litres of gas have been delivered to Al-Sahaba Hospital, together with 800 models of blood and important medicines and provides.
The gas is principally used to run the hospitals’ mills to make sure energy provide.
The hospital infrastructure all through the Gaza Strip could be very fragile after a yr of conflict between Israel and the Islamist motion Hamas, with many services having been hit by shelling or combating.
The Israeli army accuses Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and carried out the Oct 7, 2023 assaults in Israel that triggered the conflict, of working below the quilt of those buildings, which usually take pleasure in elevated safety below the principles of conflict.
