WHO says diseases and infections are beginning to spread in Gaza – Jordan News | Latest News from Jordan, MENA

GAZA – Ahmed Al-Mandhari, the Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the Middle East, announced on Sunday the emergence of
skin diseases, gastrointestinal infections, and pulmonary inflammation,
including scabies, lice, and vitiligo, in the Gaza Strip, where the number of
affected individuals has reached approximately 23,000.اضافة اعلان

Al-Mandhari, speaking on the “Al-Ashira” program
broadcast on the Al-Mamlaka channel, stated that the terrifying Israeli
aggression on the Gaza Strip has targeted innocent lives over the course of 30
days, and he emphasized that the health and humanitarian conditions are extremely catastrophic.

He mentioned that the healthcare sector in Gaza consists of
35 hospitals and 72 health centers, with around 40% of the hospitals,
approximately 14, not functioning, either due to direct Israeli targeting or
fuel shortages.

He added that hospitals provide healthcare services to
thousands if not hundreds of thousands and tens of thousands of patients. 70%
of the healthcare facilities in primary healthcare out of the 72 health centers
do not work due to targeting and fuel shortages.

“There is a shortage of water and medical supplies,
overcrowding in hospitals, patients lying on the floor, operations being
performed without anesthesia, for example, a shortage of life-saving
medications, and patients who have lost necessary care, such as kidney dialysis
patients and pregnant women, have lost necessary care during the childbirth
period, putting them at risk of death, and there are very grave concerns about
the humanitarian crisis there,” according to Al-Mandhari.

“Targeting healthcare facilities is a flagrant
violation of international humanitarian law, an aggression against human life,
and a violation of humanity… More than 220 healthcare institutions have been
targeted in occupied Palestine, with over 100 in Gaza alone,” according to
Al-Mandhari.

He said that over the past period, with the cooperation of
the United Nations authorities, it has been possible to evacuate a group of
patients, numbering approximately 84, most of whom had amputations and burns as
a result of the bombardment.

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