Last functioning hospital in Gaza on brink of collapse: WHO head
Jan 28, 2024
Gaza [Palestine], January 28: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a collapse of a hospital in the city of Khan Younis, which is being fought over by Israeli forces and the Palestinian organisation Hamas.
The Nasser Hospital was running out of fuel, food and supplies, wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus overnight on Friday night on the online platform X, formerly Twitter.
Hundreds of patients and hospital staff had fled because of the fighting and the delivery of supplies was "difficult." According to Ghebreyesus, there are currently 350 patients and 5,000 displaced people in the hospital.
The aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres announced that essential medical care at Nasser Hospital had collapsed.
"These systematic attacks against health care are unacceptable and must end now so that the wounded can get the care they need. The entire health system has been rendered inoperative," MSF said in a press release. The hospital is the largest health facility in the Gaza Strip which was still functioning.
Israel's army has recently intensified its attacks in Khan Younis. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
