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IOF refuses to evacuate patients from Nasser Medical Hospital

Monday 19-February-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) refuse to evacuate patients in Nasser Medical Complex to receive treatment in other hospitals, putting their lives at risk.

The Ministry explained that 150 patients are left incapable of moving in the rooms and corridors of the said hospital due to the lack of health care.

On Sunday evening, the IOF arrested Dr. Nahed Abu Taima, the Director of The Surgical Ward in Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.

For her part, the Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the Middle East said that “the situation at Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza is catastrophic, and we are concerned over the safety of patients”.

Fierce fighting has recently broken out in the vicinity of the hospital, after it had been invaded by Israeli troops, amid power cutoff according to the Ministry of Health.

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