Living in darkness: Gaza’s struggle for electricity
Palestinians in northern Gaza are suffering from dire humanitarian conditions due to the lack of hospitals and health centers. Some say that the lack of transportation prevents them from reaching hospitals in other areas.
There is only one ambulance in northern Gaza that responds to calls for help to transport the dead and wounded to hospitals in Gaza City, endangering the lives of patients who are transported daily due to their critical conditions.
Patients featured in the “Voices from Gaza” segment expressed their suffering under the current circumstances. An 18-year-old youth said he is struggling because there are no vehicles to take him to the hospital, especially since he was shot four months ago, suffering torn veins and arteries and a fractured femur.
He added that his suffering is compounded by the lack of wheelchairs and paved roads, forcing him to use crutches to move around amidst the widespread destruction of roads and neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.
After the destruction of the health system in Gaza, a basic and only center was established to provide health services to patients in the northern part of the Strip. One doctor says that the center does not replace the need for hospitals that cover the full range of services for the injured.
Palestinians in northern Gaza are suffering from dire humanitarian conditions due to the lack of hospitals and health centers. Some say that the lack of transportation prevents them from reaching hospitals in other areas.
There is only one ambulance in northern Gaza that responds to calls for help to transport the dead and wounded to hospitals in Gaza City, endangering the lives of patients who are transported daily due to their critical conditions.
Patients featured in the “Voices from Gaza” segment expressed their suffering under the current circumstances. An 18-year-old youth said he is struggling because there are no vehicles to take him to the hospital, especially since he was shot four months ago, suffering torn veins and arteries and a fractured femur.
He added that his suffering is compounded by the lack of wheelchairs and paved roads, forcing him to use crutches to move around amidst the widespread destruction of roads and neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.
After the destruction of the health system in Gaza, a basic and only center was established to provide health services to patients in the northern part of the Strip. One doctor says that the center does not replace the need for hospitals that cover the full range of services for the injured.
Israeli airstrikes also completely disabled 80 health centers and destroyed 162 other medical facilities.
Ambulances were not spared from Israeli attacks; 136 vehicles were destroyed, severely crippling the ability of medical teams to respond to emergencies.
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