Indonesian Hospital in Northern Gaza Faces Potential Shutdown amid Fuel Shortage
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10 September 2024 09:38 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two hospitals in northern Gaza, including the Indonesian Hospital face a potential shutdown amid a severe fuel shortage.
“The Indonesian Hospital is facing a severe fuel shortage, which threatens to completely halt medical services if Israel continues to prevent the entry of fuel, leaving patients at risk of death,” the Director of Indonesian Hospital, Mourwan Sultan, told Anadolu on Monday, September 9, 2024.
He said the hospital’s intensive care unit has reached its maximum capacity, with the ward filled with critically ill patients, including 10 relying on ventilators.
“The operating rooms are running non-stop around the clock,” he said. “If Israel continues to block fuel deliveries, medical services could come to a complete halt, condemning these patients to death.”
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza also warned of ceasing its operations within 48 hours due to fuel shortages.
“This poses a significant threat to the lives of many patients and injured individuals currently receiving treatment,” the hospital added in a statement.
These warnings come amid a severe crisis facing healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip. The situation is exacerbated by the ongoing Israeli war, a tightened siege on northern Gaza, and Israel’s refusal to allow the entry of fuel, medicine, and essential medical supplies.
Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip has killed nearly 41,100 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured approximately 94,800 others, according to local health authorities.
An ongoing blockade of the enclave has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.
On Sunday evening, the Israeli military again ordered Palestinians in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, to evacuate after rockets struck Ashkelon in southern Israel. A military spokesperson also released a map marking the blocked area. The military previously said one of the rockets was intercepted while the other fell into the sea.
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