Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser Hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave, due to heavy fighting and bombardments around the key medical facility in Khan Younis.
The hospital’s surgical capacity is now almost non-existent, and the handful of medical staff remaining in the hospital must contend with very low supplies that are insufficient to handle mass casualty events, the MSF said in a statement on Friday.
The MSF also stated that between 300 and 350 patients remain at Nasser hospital, unable to evacuate because it is too dangerous and there are no ambulances.
On 24 January, at least one patient at the hospital died because there was no orthopaedic surgeon available.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser Hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave, due to heavy fighting and bombardments around the key medical facility in Khan Younis.
The hospital’s surgical capacity is now almost non-existent, and the handful of medical staff remaining in the hospital must contend with very low supplies that are insufficient to handle mass casualty events, the MSF said in a statement on Friday.
The MSF also stated that between 300 and 350 patients remain at Nasser hospital, unable to evacuate because it is too dangerous and there are no ambulances.
On 24 January, at least one patient at the hospital died because there was no orthopaedic surgeon available.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser Hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave, due to heavy fighting and bombardments around the key medical facility in Khan Younis.
The hospital’s surgical capacity is now almost non-existent, and the handful of medical staff remaining in the hospital must contend with very low supplies that are insufficient to handle mass casualty events, the MSF said in a statement on Friday.
The MSF also stated that between 300 and 350 patients remain at Nasser hospital, unable to evacuate because it is too dangerous and there are no ambulances.
On 24 January, at least one patient at the hospital died because there was no orthopaedic surgeon available.
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