US EditionElectricity Crisis Threatens to Plunge Gaza's Largest Hospital Into Darkness
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 10 – Fuel shortages have forced Gaza hospitals to place multiple premature babies in single incubators, with only half of its hospitals partially functioning, the UN says.
- Doctors at Gaza's largest hospital, Al Shifa, face a critical fuel shortage threatening to plunge the facility into darkness amid ongoing conflict.
- This crisis stems from a broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict triggered in October 2023 when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 and taking 251 hostages.
- Medical staff have been forced to place multiple premature babies in single incubators due to fuel scarcity, while essential services like oxygen and labs risk shutdown.
- Al Shifa requires 4,500 litres of fuel daily but has only 3,000 litres, and Dr. Muneer Alboursh described the shortage as depriving vulnerable people of basic medical care.
- The fuel crisis endangers patients' lives, turning the hospital into a 'silent graveyard' and highlighting urgent calls from WHO and UNICEF for solutions to prevent further tragedy.
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Electricity Crisis Threatens to Plunge Gaza's Largest Hospital into Darkness
Gaza's largest medical center, Al Shifa Hospital, faces an impending fuel crisis that threatens its operations amid Israel's military campaign. Medical staff warn of a potential humanitarian crisis as fuel shortages endanger lives and disrupt services, exacerbating an already dire healthcare situation in Gaza.
Gaza Doctors Using Incubators for Four Babies at Once Amid Israel’s Blockade
The U.N. confirmed its first, very limited, fuel delivery into Gaza in at least 130 days. The U.N. says the amount allowed in covered less than one day of Gaza’s fuel needs. Hospitals remain in a critical situation. This is pediatrician Ziad al-Masry of Al-Helou Hospital. Dr. Ziad al-Masry: “There are three or four newborn babies in one incubator. It is designed to accommodate one child, one premature baby. Our situation is like a disaster. The …
‘This baby will not survive’: Gaza’s Nasser Hospital faces shut down over fuel shortage
Nasser Hospital, the only major hospital serving southern Gaza, said it is on the verge of shutting down due to a severe fuel shortage. Head of the hospital’s pediatric unit, Dr. Ahmad Al-Farra, told an NBC News crew in Gaza that without fuel for the generator, babies receiving critical care risk becoming sicker or even dying.
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