US EditionTens of thousands of Gazans need medical evacuation: MSF
Doctors Without Borders says over 16,500 Gazans need urgent medical evacuation as only a fraction have been moved; 900 have died waiting since October 2023.
- On Tuesday, Doctors Without Borders urged countries to open their doors to tens of thousands of Gazans needing medical evacuation, noting WHO estimates over 16,500 still require treatment outside Gaza.
- Israel's May 2024 closure of the Rafah crossing cut monthly evacuations to around 70, and the US-brokered ceasefire on October 10 did not speed the process, while recipient governments delay decisions and budget allocations, MSF said.
- Among patients MSF accompanied last week were 13 children, including four babies with severe congenital heart disease, as well as cancer patients and children requiring complex surgery, with over 900 dying waiting for evacuations.
- Urging immediate policy shifts, Doctors Without Borders demanded recipient governments stop this selection shopping list and not block any patients from leaving Gaza to access treatment, warning delays risk lives.
- With over 30 countries taking some patients but few admitting large numbers, including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, Doctors Without Borders estimates true need is three to four times higher than registered patients.
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Gazans need medical evacuation: MSF
A Doctors Without Borders official has pleaded for countries to open their doors to tens of thousands of Gazans in dire need of medical evacuation, warning that hundreds have already died waiting. "The need is really huge," said Hani Isleem, who coordinates medical evacuations from Gaza for the charity, known by its French acronym MSF. The numbers taken in by countries so far remains "just a drop in the ocean", Isleem told AFP in an interview on…
Tens of thousands of people in Gaza need to be evacuated to get medical care, says Hani Isleem, who coordinates medical evacuations from the strip for Doctors Without Borders (MSF). “The need is truly enormous,” he says.
MSF warns of hundreds of Palestinian deaths awaiting medical evacuation from Gaza
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) appealed on Wednesday to countries to open their doors to thousands of Gazans in dire need of medical evacuation, warning that hundreds could die while waiting for treatment. Hani Islim, the organization’s medical evacuation coordinator, told AFP that the number of patients received by countries so far “is just a drop in the ocean,” indicating that the actual number is three to four times higher. Islim explained tha…
Some 900 people have died in the Gaza Strip waiting for a medical evacuation, since only 200 patients have been able to leave the Gaza Strip for urgent medical care since the signing of the ceasefire, alerted Doctors Without Borders (MSF). “More than 16,500 people, including more than 4,000 children, are awaiting medical evacuation. The ceasefire should have meant an increase in the number of patients who have been evacuated, but only 200 patien…
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