Director general of the health ministry’s hospitals Abdul-Latif al-Hajj has appealed to international institutions to urgently provide Gaza hospitals and their emergency departments with essential medical supplies.
In a press release on Friday Hajj said that the medical teams outside and inside hospitals had to deal with hundreds of wounded citizens who participated on Friday in the March of Return protests in Gaza.
He affirmed that such large number of injured protesters largely drained vitals medical needs and consumables in emergency departments operating rooms and intensive care units.
He warned that the scarcity of medical supplies would prevent hospitals from providing urgent services for the wounded in their sections.
