Israel Hamas Conflict has turned into a war and has entered its fourth week. Amid the attacks, it has been announced by a Palestinian spokesperson that there has been a total collapse of the health system in Gaza. - Total Collapse Of Health System In Gaza; Medical Staff Killed, Newborns Fight For Life
Hospitals in Gaza have less than 48 hours of generator fuel remaining, the Hamas run health ministry said on 24 October, a warning echoed by doctors at several hospitals and by the United Nations.
“We currently have 120 neonates who are in incubators, out of which we have 70 neonates with mechanical ventilation, and this is where we are extremely concerned,” Unicef spokesperson Jonathan Crickx said.
Hatem Edhair, head of the neonatal unit at Nasser Hospital in Gaza City, told the Guardian on 23 October that he had eight babies in intensive care. “Half of these children are on continuous positive airway pressure and oxygen machines. We have about 48 hours of fuel left. If the hospital runs out of fuel, half of these babies will die in less than 24 hours.”
Outside the Nasser, paramedics were attempting to refuel an ambulance with petroleum jelly normally used in first aid.
Iyad Abu Zahar, director of the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, told the Associated Press that its ge
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DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip. He cries out as intravenous lines are connect.