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IOF takes revenge on Gaza patients, deprives them of treatment
The United Nations published a report on Thursday, August 11th, which discovered that a standard of 50 patients with extremely severe cases, including cancer people, are including cancer patients are daily refused access to treatment, surgeries, and essential care, ever since the last closure of the Erez crossings.
The report asserted that since the start of the last round of Israeli aggression on Gaza, the entry of 14 portable x-ray machines and spare regions for medical devices has been postponed.
In light of the inability of the health system in the Gaza Strip to give treatment benefits to them, as a result of the lack of technical medical staff, and the regular shortage of medicines and medical stores, especially radiotherapy and laboratory materials needed to conduct diagnostic tests.
The most urgent health conditions are evaluated at $2 million, including medicines and consumables, laboratory reserves, and fuel for major hospitals.
It is noteworthy that 47 Palestinians were murdered during the last attack, including 16 kids, in addition to the wound of hundreds of people, including 151 children and 58 women.
Six hospitals worked to start emergency preparedness programs in the recent aggression, in addition to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, and Al-Quds Hospital raised the capacity of its beds in the event that it had to receive additional numbers of patients from Al-Shifa Hospital.
The United Nations warned in its report of an increase in high levels of trauma, stress, and psychological disorders.
Is worth mentioning that Alshifa hospital lacks, staff and supplies to the period that doctors have to complete a standard of 65 to 70 hours a week, during normal work days, a number that is subject to increase during times of Israeli military escalation.
