Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest medical institution in the Gaza Strip, completely ran out of fuel and suffered a power outage on the 11th local time. The hospital has suspended operations. A spokesman for the health department in the Gaza Strip said on the 13th that as of that day, 34 patients in Shifa Hospital had died due to power supply interruptions and shortages of medical supplies, including 7 newborns. Doctors at Shifa Hospital said that due to the power outage in the incubator, more than 30 premature babies were forced to be moved out of the incubator, and they faced the threat of death at any time.
The little babies lay side by side, some wrapped in green sterile cloth, some wearing only diapers. Doctors at Shifa Hospital said that they were both premature babies and should have been kept in incubators with constant temperature and humidity. However, due to a power outage, the incubators could no longer be used, so the hospital had to move them to a ward with a heater. In-house care. Doctors said that the current situation is very bad. Without foreign intervention, the lives of these premature babies are in danger at any time.
Surgeon of Shifa Hospital: Now we are still facing a very complicated situation because we lost power at 1 am yesterday (12th), so the air conditioner and heater did not work. Now we have to wrap the baby as much as possible Keep warm. We are trying to feed them through a nasogastric tube and they are in such a bad way that it will just slowly kill them unless someone intervenes to improve their situation.
On the 13th, a spokesman for the health department in the Gaza Strip said that except for Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, which can provide “limited services”, almost all hospitals have stopped services. Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, was surrounded by Israeli troops on the 12th. A spokesman for the health department in the Gaza Strip said on the 13th that in addition to the premature babies who had been removed from the incubators, there were about 60 critically ill patients and 500 critically ill patients in the Shifa Hospital. The lives of patients who need dialysis are in danger and cannot be evacuated. Once the medical equipment that sustains their lives stops functioning, some patients may die within a few hours. He called for a safe channel to be opened as soon as possible to transfer patients to Egypt and other places for treatment.
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2023-11-14 06:26:00
