Medical crisis

Gaza: Six premature babies dead since beginning of 2018

Friday-16-February-2018

The national anti-siege and reconstruction commission in Gaza said that six premature infants have died since the beginning of the current year after failure to provide them with a vital respiratory medicine helping them to breathe normally.

Surgeries suspended at Gaza’s largest hospital

Monday-12-February-2018

Gaza's Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that surgeries will be suspended in al-Shifa Hospital except for emergency cases due to a cleaners' strike over unpaid salaries for about five months.

113 infants in Gaza face risk of death due to drug shortage

Saturday-10-February-2018

Gaza's Ministry of Health on Saturday warned that the lives of dozens of premature babies are in real danger after hospitals have run out of a much-needed drug for their case.

Gaza: Newborn dies due to lack of “Calfactant”

Friday-9-February-2018

The Palestinian health ministry said that a four-day-old baby on Thursday joined the convoy of victims who had died as a result of their need for vital medicines unavailable in Gaza hospitals.

One million shekels to supply Gaza medical facilities with fuel

Wednesday-24-January-2018

The Palestinian ministry of health in Ramallah said it earmarked one million shekels to urgently provide medical facilities in Gaza with fuel to operate their generators for only 10 days.

Health ministry sends shipment of medical needs to Gaza

Wednesday-10-January-2018

The Palestinian ministry of health on Tuesday sent truckloads of different medical supplies and baby milk from its central warehouses in Nablus to the Gaza Strip.

Drug shortage forces Gaza hospitals to suspend life-saving surgeries

Tuesday-2-January-2018

Gaza's main hospitals have run out of much-needed drugs and kit for surgeries and are about to suspend all urgent surgeries due to an Israeli blockade of its borders.

Gaza labs run out of life-saving testing materials

Tuesday-26-December-2017

Director of the Laboratories and Blood Banks Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health Shahda Barhoum sounded the alarm over the acute shortage in Gaza’s vital laboratory testing materials saying the situation is very likely to take a turn for the worse by next year.

Mezan: 15 Gazans died after being denied treatment abroad

Tuesday-29-August-2017

Nearly 15 Gazan patients have died since the beginning of 2017 after the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) refused to issue them the necessary permits to receive treatment abroad according to human rights statistics on Tuesday.

Israel rejects half of Gaza patients’ medical referrals

Monday-14-August-2017

World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday that Israel's so-called Coordination and Liaison Administration delayed in May half of the requests submitted by Gazan patients seeking treatment in the hospitals of the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.