A medical delegation from the West Bank headed by Dr. Fadel al-Batran a neurosurgery specialist at the Palestine Medical Complex arrived on Thursday at al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Zuheir Nofal director of the nursing department at al-Shifa Hospital briefed the delegation on the great efforts made by Gaza’s Ministry of Health in general and al-Shifa staff in particular in the treatment of those injured in the protests despite the acute shortage of medical supplies and drugs.
The medical delegation includes specialists in neurosurgery vascular surgery and pediatric surgery as well as an emergency doctor and they are scheduled to stay in Gaza for three days.