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15 Jan 2024 | Al Jazeera
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WHO paints grim picture of situation at Al-Aqsa Hospital
After a visit, the World Health Organisation (WHO) provided a more detailed picture of the dire situation inside two major Gaza health facilities, including Al-Aqsa Hospital.
It said after a withdrawal earlier this month by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and two other aid organisations, the hospital is now extremely short-staffed with only 12 health workers remaining – which is 10 percent of its total workforce.
“Only two doctors are available to treat the wounded in the emergency department, and maternity services have shut down,” it said, adding food, water and fuel are scarce.
The WHO also reported the 360-bed Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis remains overstretched with 700 patients, double its normal capacity.
The hospital is where about 7,000 displaced Palestinians are taking shelter from Israeli bombing.
On 13 Jan, @WHO, @OCHA and @UNFPA visited Al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza’s middle area and Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, to assess needs in the rapidly changing situation due to ongoing hostilities and evacuation orders in the neighborhoods surrounding the two hospitals.
Lack… ▻https://t.co/q41TZbWy3T
— WHO in occupied Palestinian territory (@WHOoPt) January 15, 2024