Gaza Health Ministry: Health situation in northern Gaza ‘extremely catastrophic’

GAZA, Feb. 26 (YPA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed on Sunday evening that the health situation in northern Gaza is “extremely catastrophic and indescribable.”

In a statement, the ministry said that hospitals in the north are without fuel, and medicine refrigerators are without electricity, “which threatens to destroy quantities of sensitive medicines.

According to the statement, dozens of ambulances and other medical service vehicles are also out of service because of a lack of fuel, according to the ministry.

“Dialysis and intensive care patients are at risk of death as a result of the lack of fuel for generators, ambulances, and medicines,” the ministry said.

According to data previously published by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, there are approximately 350,000 chronic patients, 60,000 pregnant women, and about 700,000 children are exposed to serious complications due to malnutrition, dehydration, and the lack of medical resources.

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