The Director of the Hospital Pharmacy Department at the Ministry of Health Alaa Helles has warned of the collapse of dialysis services in the Gaza Strip hospitals.
1100 patients with kidney failure including 38 children are in extreme danger he warned in a statement on Saturday.
Helles explained that &ldquothe central warehouses are completely empty of medical consumables for dialysis services including blood filters cannulas and blood tubes.&rdquo
The current supply will only be sufficient to provide dialysis services for ten more days he added.
He explained that the Ministry of Health provides more than 13000 dialysis sessions for patients with kidney failure in its hospitals every month.
Helles called on the relevant authorities to &ldquotake urgent action to provide medical consumables for the needs of kidney failure patients which means continuing service to them and preserving their lives.&rdquo
Last May the World Health Organization said the Palestinian health system suffers the consequences of longstanding displacement refugeehood and occupation.
Public revenues health expenditures and ultimately health services are impacted by longstanding shortages of health workers equipment medicines and supplies it added.
