World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at a loss for phrases as he highlighted the dire situation unfolding at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza amid ongoing hostilities. Since the hospital got here below siege on March 18, the UN well being company reported that 21 sufferers have misplaced their lives and the situation stays vital.
The WHO chief stated in a submit on X that 107 sufferers are presently housed in an insufficient constructing inside the hospital compound, missing important well being help, medical care, and provides. Patients, together with 4 kids and 28 vital instances, are going through extreme shortages of primary requirements such as diapers, urine baggage, and even water for wound cleansing, he added.
The lack of water is especially alarming, with stories indicating that just one bottle stays for each 15 folks as of yesterday.
“Food is extremely limited – this is potentially life-threatening for diabetic patients whose condition is worsening,” Tedros stated, urging Israel for the rapid facilitation of entry and the creation of a humanitarian hall.
“We repeat: every moment matters. Ceasefire!” he stated.
In one other submit on X, the WHO chief wrote, “Lost for Words.”
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Tedros made the enchantment hours after he stated that an Israeli air strike on one other main hospital in Gaza, Al-Aqsa, killed 4 folks and wounded 17.
“A WHO team was on a humanitarian mission at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza, when a tent camp inside the hospital compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike today,” the WHO chief wrote.
He gave no particulars of the victims, however added: “WHO staff are all accounted for.”
The Israeli military stated on X that one in every of its planes “struck an operational Islamic Jihad command heart and terrorists positioned within the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital within the space of Deir al Balah.
“Following the exact strike, the Al-Aqsa hospital constructing was not broken and its operate was not affected,” it added.