The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the Israeli targeting of the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip has caused severe damage to infrastructure, including sewage lines, and has affected internal departments and destroyed access roads to the hospital.
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In a statement issued on Thursday, the Ministry affirmed that the repeated targeting of the hospital makes it impossible to provide medical care due to the danger it poses to medical staff, the wounded, and patients.
The Ministry warned that halting the hospital’s operations means stopping specialized services such as neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, the cardiac catheterization center, cardiovascular surgery, and ophthalmology — services only available at the European Hospital.
It noted that the Gaza European Hospital is the only facility providing medical follow-up for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip after the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital.
It added that taking the hospital out of service would deprive cancer patients of continuing their treatment protocols and would severely worsen their health conditions.
The Ministry also pointed out that the hospital includes 28 intensive care beds, 12 infant incubators, 260 inpatient beds, 25 emergency beds, and 60 beds for oncology patients — all of which are now out of service.
—(Petra)
