Pregnant Palestinian women face miscarriages and premature births, as the fierce war on the Gaza Strip continues for 30 days in a row, during which hospitals were not spared from Israeli bombing.
Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City directed the obstetric service to Al-Hilu International Hospital (private), because it received large numbers of war-wounded people and the presence of thousands of displaced people in the hospital.
These pregnant women in the Gaza Strip suffer from a lack of beds, doctors, and good pre- and post-natal medical care, due to the Israeli war.
Speaking to Anatolia, Palestinian Islam Hamdan, who lives in the town of Beit Hanoun, where her sister is about to give birth, said at Al-Hilu International Hospital in Gaza City: “We headed from Beit Hanoun with difficulty at night because of the war on Gaza.”
She added: “My sister wants to give birth to her baby. We went to more than one health center and hospital, and we faced bombing.”
Islam continued, “Our situation stabilized at Al-Hilu International Hospital, after we were transferred from more than one center.”
Terrifying scenes
She stated: “We lived through terrifying scenes. There are no hospitals, no safety, no schools, and no safe place here.”
She pointed out that it was time for her sister to give birth, but due to fear as a result of the war and Israeli bombing, the birth was difficult.
She explained that there are many cases of miscarriage and childbirth among women who are unable to reach hospitals due to the bombing.
“We are having difficulty finding water, bread, and going to the bathroom,” she said, calling on the world to stand with Gaza.
In turn, Dr. Abdel Hakim Shehata, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and the hospital’s caretaker, told Anadolu: “Since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza, a large number of women have had premature births and many miscarriages, resulting in fear and panic.”
He added: “Women go to give birth in Al-Helu Hospital because Al-Shifa Hospital cannot bear the heavy burden in light of the influx of injured people as a result of the war and Israeli bombing.”
He continued: “We are in a state of war and there is a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. We lack everything in the field of medicine.”
Shortage of doctors
He pointed out that the hospital operates with a small number of doctors because doctors from the northern regions and Gaza City are heading to the south of the Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says that Gaza Strip hospitals are suffering from a shortage of fuel, medicines and medical supplies as a result of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
On Friday, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila warned of a humanitarian catastrophe that might occur in the next few hours as a result of the main electricity generators stopping due to running out of fuel in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, in a statement seen by Anadolu’s correspondent.
She explained that 16 out of 35 hospitals in Gaza have stopped working as a result of the Israeli bombing and the depletion of fuel, and that a number of others are threatened with being out of service within less than 24 hours.
On Wednesday, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, warned of a health catastrophe due to the cessation of the main electrical generator in the Indonesian Hospital (north), and the imminent cessation of the main generator in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza.
2023-11-06 06:31:05
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