Ghebreyesus: Gaza’s health system is collapsing
Geneva, June 6 (Hibya) – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Gaza’s health system is collapsing and that the remaining major referral hospitals – Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital – are at risk of becoming non-functional.
Dr. Ghebreyesus stressed that without these hospitals, people will lose access to essential health services.
He stated that the hospitals are located within or just outside the evacuation zone announced on June 2, adding, “Israeli authorities informed the Ministry of Health that access roads to both hospitals would be blocked. As a result, safe access for new patients and staff will be difficult, if not impossible.”
Ghebreyesus warned that the closure of these hospitals would have dire consequences for patients in need of surgery, intensive care, blood transfusions, cancer treatment, and dialysis.
He noted that the relentless and systematic destruction of hospitals in Gaza has been ongoing for far too long, and declared, “It must stop immediately. WHO calls for the release of hostages and an immediate, permanent ceasefire.”
British News Agency
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