The World Health Organization has allayed fears for the safety of one hundred and thirty patients at Gaza’s Nasser hospital, which it declared non-functional following an Israeli raid.
The United Nations agency has led two missions to transfer thirty-two critically ill Palestinians from the complex in Khan Younis.
It says there is no electricity or running water, and that medical waste and garbage pose a disease risk.
“Patients transferred during the missions included three suffering from paralysis – two of them with tracheostomy – and several others with external fixators for severe orthopaedic injuries. Two of the paralyzed patients required continuous manual ventilation throughout the journey, due to the lack of portable ventilators.”
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