The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip has strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership in Ramallah for persistently depriving the population in the impoverished enclave of obtaining medicines and referrals for treatment abroad describing its punitive measures as “antinational and criminal.”
A spokesman for the health ministry said that the PA’s decision to punish Gaza through depriving its population of their medical needs “came as a blow to the national interests and consorted with Israel’s racist policies.”
The PA took lately several measures that targeted Gaza’s health sector in particular and affected the health conditions of patients some of whom including children died after their requests for medical treatment abroad were turned down.
Ironically president Mahmoud Abbas who claims his steps against Gaza is aimed at Hamas sent shipments of medical aid to Venezuela.
Last Sunday PA foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki and PA health minister Jawad Awwad announced they were sending at the behest of Abbas three truckloads of medical supplies to Venezuela including antibiotics drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases and everything necessary for emergencies.
The shipments already traveled from the Israeli port of Ashdod to Venezuela.
