The neonatal intensive care unit at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital faces a “huge catastrophe” with a shortage of basic life-saving medicines and the looming threat of power cuts, the head of the department said.
Doctor Nasser Bulbul said the department only operates with 10 ventilators. Doctors suffer from a severe shortage of basic medicines, including antibiotics.
“We appeal to everyone to send the necessary medical supplies to this essential department, otherwise we will face a huge catastrophe,” he said.
“If there is no electricity, in these departments where there are 55 babies, we will lose all those who need electricity in five minutes,” he added.
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Some members of Bulbul’s team were forced to work in other hospitals in southern Gaza due to Israeli attacks and road blockades.
Doctors not only treat newborns, but all children in need of medical care from around 60,000 people taking refuge in the hospital, Bulbul said.
Israel’s “total siege” of Gaza, launched after the October 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel by militants from the radical Islamic group Hamas, has left the 2.3 million inhabitants without food, water, medicine and fuel.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Saturday that Israeli air and missile strikes had killed at least 4,385 Palestinians, including hundreds of children, while more than a million people from the territory had been displaced.
Source: CNN Brasil
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