Medical crisis

Gaza: Central lab out of supplies to run corona tests

Thursday-9-April-2020

The Palestinian health ministry on Wednesday said that the central laboratory in the Gaza Strip ran out of supplies to process coronavirus (COVID-19) tests leading to a large backlog of pending tests.

Groups call for allowing medical equipment into blockaded Gaza

Wednesday-18-March-2020

Human rights groups in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday asked the Israeli occupation authorities to allow the entry of the medical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic into the besieged territory.

Gaza: Only 8% of annual medical needs sent from Ramallah

Wednesday-11-December-2019

The government hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip have received from the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah only eight percent of the medical supplies they need since the beginning of the current year.

Khudari calls for sending medical aid to Gaza by air

Monday-23-September-2019

MP Jamal al-Khudari head of the Popular Committee against the Siege has called on UN special coordinator Nickolay Mladenov to work on sending an airborne medical aid convoy to the besieged Gaza Strip.

Gaza drug shortage reaches crisis point

Wednesday-11-September-2019

The Palestinian Non-governmental Organizations Network on Tuesday released a report on the acute shortage of medicines and medical supplies in the NGOs working in the health sector in the Gaza Strip and its implications on their interventions and responses to the needs of patients and other groups.

Gaza: Patients with blood disorders have no medicines

Tuesday-30-July-2019

The Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza has warned of dangers threatening the lives of many patients suffering from thalassemia and hemophilia due to the severe shortage of medicines used to treat their conditions.

Gaza suffers from critical scarcity of medical supplies

Wednesday-17-July-2019

The Palestinian health ministry has said that the hospitals in the Gaza Strip suffer from an acute shortage of medicines and essential medical consumables describing it as “the most difficult crisis during the years of the Israeli blockade.”

Health ministry: Half of Gaza patients lacking medication

Friday-21-June-2019

The Palestinian health ministry has warned that half of the patients in the embattled Gaza Strip have become with no medication due to a 52-percent deficit in different medical supplies.

Gaza: 52 percent of medical supplies ran out

Thursday-13-June-2019

The Palestinian health ministry has warned of an unprecedented scarcity of medical supplies in the besieged Gaza Strip calling for urgent intervention in this regard.

Gaza: Health sector facing worst pharmaceutical crisis ever

Sunday-26-May-2019

The Palestinian ministry of health has warned that the crisis of drugs and medical supplies will lead to serious repercussions for patients in the Gaza Strip calling on all supporters of the health sector to step in to save the patients.