Medical shortages threaten lives of cancer patients in Gaza
Sunday-12-August-2018
The Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza has said that Rantisi Hospital can no longer provide its cancer patients with chemotherapy as of Sunday morning.
Gaza hospitals
Gaza: Life-saving drug to treat leukemia in children running out
Friday-29-June-2018
Al-Rantisi Pediatric Hospital in Gaza has warned that a life-saving cancer medication known as “Mercaptopurine” has almost run out.
4000 surgeries postponed in Gaza hospitals
Wednesday-25-April-2018
Gaza hospitals can no longer accommodate or provide surgeries for many patients and wounded citizens after they received scores of citizens who suffered injuries during recent protests in border areas.
Gaza hospitals need urgent medical supplies
Saturday-14-April-2018
Director general of the health ministry’s hospitals Abdul-Latif al-Hajj has appealed to international institutions to urgently provide Gaza hospitals and their emergency departments with essential medical supplies.
Cancer-stricken ex-prisoner denied life-saving medical referral
Wednesday-14-March-2018
A few years after he had left Israeli jails following a prisoner swap deal struck between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation authorities the health of leukemia-stricken ex-prisoner Tareq Ezzedine has taken a turn for the worse.
Cleaning staff in Gaza hospitals suspend their strike
Monday-26-February-2018
Cleaning companies operating in the Gaza Strip hospitals on Sunday decided to suspend the strike launched over unpaid salaries and give a last chance to the responsible parties to solve the crisis.
Dozens of intensive care patients risk to die at Gaza hospitals
Wednesday-21-February-2018
The Palestinian health ministry warned on Tuesday of the repercussions of suspending cleaning services at Gaza’s hospitals saying 100 patients held in intensive care units risk to lose their lives.
Qatari medical delegation arrives in Gaza
Monday-19-February-2018
A Qatari medical delegation on Monday morning arrived in al-Quds Hospital which is affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza in a one-week visit to carry out cochlear implantation surgeries for 30 deaf children.
Hamas organizes clean-up initiative at Aqsa Hospital in Gaza
Wednesday-14-February-2018
The Hamas Movement on Tuesday mounted a voluntary clean-up initiative at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza after the cleaning company hired to provide services for the facility withdrew its workers for failure to pay it.
Shifa Hospital doctors strike after spread of trash
Tuesday-13-February-2018
Palestinian doctors at al-Shifa Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip went on strike on Monday to demand the Palestinian government and its health ministry to provide a solution to the absence of cleaning services and the spread of garbage in all sections of the facility.
