GAZA, (PIC)
Thousands of people with chronic and serious diseases, including kidney failure patients, are facing slow death amid Israel’s genocide of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023.
According to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, “there are between 1,000 and 1,500 kidney failure patients in the Strip, and these patients’ health conditions are rapidly worsening due to a lack of medical and therapeutic services, medications, and other necessities.”
“The collapse of the health system has put immense strain on hospitals, most of which are disrupted by damage, the siege, and disruptions in fuel, electricity and clean water supplies. As a result, patients are no longer receiving regular dialysis services,” it added.
The Monitor said, “Hospitals across the Gaza Strip struggle specifically with a severe lack of fuel, surgical instruments, medical personnel, food, and medications, including anesthesia drugs. This is particularly true in the northern part of the Strip, where there are only six partially operational hospitals. This has a serious impact on the safety and well-being of kidney failure patients.”
Euro-Med said its field team affirms that nearly 60 kidney failure patients are at risk of death at any moment, and at least 20 others have already died.
Euro-Med accused Israel of “systematically targeting the Gaza Strip’s health system, forcing most hospitals and health centers to shut down entirely.”
Euro-Med has expressed “its unequivocal condemnation of Israel’s systematic destruction and siege of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the deaths, arrests, and torture of numerous medical and administrative staff members.”
The rights group called on the international community to act swiftly and strongly to pressure Israel to end its genocide against the people of Gaza and allow in vital supplies, including medical needs.
