Hospitals and health centers in Gaza suffer from a severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies necessary to save the lives of patients and injured people, which affects their lives, especially those suffering from chronic diseases.
The director of pharmacy warehouses at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Kifah Safwan, said that 70 percent of medicines are missing, especially medicines needed for dialysis and cancer, and there is an imminent risk of the spread of epidemics in light of the lack of personal hygiene for patients.
Dr. Safwan called on the international community to move quickly to support the health sector with medical supplies to continue medical services, especially for chronic disease cases.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced, on Tuesday, that hospitals and health centers are suffering from an acute shortage of medicines and medical supplies necessary to continue providing the necessary medical services to save the lives of patients and injured people.
The Ministry added, in a statement, that the most prominent medications that are about to run out are for reception, emergency, anesthesia, intensive care, and operations, as well as oncology patients who were unable to travel, as their service was limited to palliative treatment only, after their medications were interrupted, as well as dialysis patients, especially children. (Which threatens the lives of approximately 1,000 dialysis patients).
In light of the continuing war on Gaza and the Israeli occupation forces’ control of all crossings, the Ministry of Health appealed to all international and international institutions and concerned parties to quickly intervene and provide the necessary needs of medicines and medical supplies to save the lives of the sick and injured.
The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has continued since October 7, 2023, resulting in more than 123,000 casualties, including martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to the destruction of residential buildings, infrastructure, and hospitals.