Oxygen, electricity cut-off kills 4 patients at Gaza Nasser hospital
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As "Israel's" war on Gaza hospitals continues, the Ministry of Health urgently appeals to international institutions to intervene and rescue patients and staff at Nasser Medical Complex.
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Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli bombardment of Nasser Hospital in the main southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on December 17, 3023. (AFP)
The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that four patients in the intensive care unit of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis lost their lives due to an "Israel"-induced power outage and depleted oxygen supplies.
In a statement, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, “We hold the Israeli occupation forces responsible for the lives of patients and staff, considering that the complex is now under their full control.”
“We appeal to all international institutions to quickly intervene to save patients and staff at Nasser Medical Complex before it is too late,” it added.
The Ministry also expressed its fear of 6 patients in the intensive care and 3 others in the pediatric ward losing their lives at any moment following the depletion of oxygen supply.
There's been a staggering lack of media coverage regarding the horrific and heinous incident where the IOF sent a detained man into Nasser hospital to instruct evacuations, only to later execute him.
— AHMED | Ø£Øمد (@ASE) February 15, 2024
Today, more Palestinians are being forced to leave Nasser hospital in Khan… pic.twitter.com/qZUFUa5sFJ
Additionally, two Palestinian women underwent childbirth in conditions described as "inhumane" with no electricity, water, and heating, the Ministry highlighted.
Every ten minutes, a pregnant woman in the #Gaza Strip gives birth under brutal circumstances, as thousands of other pregnant women in shelter centers and tents face the risk of contracting diseases, abortion, and even direct murder by Israeli forces.#PalestineGenocide pic.twitter.com/VO08sNUJ3S
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) February 14, 2024
"Israel" has been conducting airstrikes on hospitals across Gaza since the beginning of its genocidal war, aiming at making the territory uninhabitable.
Earlier on Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that patients and medics were enduring "dire and frightening conditions" at a major hospital raided by Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
Hundreds of doctors and patients remained inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, after the IOF reportedly entered the premises opening fire in its medical departments and urging the injured to evacuate.
The Ministry reported that the complex was seeing a "catastrophic and alarming situation" from a lack of medical resources.
Subsequently, the Government Media Office in Gaza condemned the incursion into the hospital, labeling it a "blatant and fully-fledged war crime against international law and all global treaties." It held the occupation, the international community, and Washington fully responsible for the safety of numerous medical staff, patients, and displaced individuals.
In response, the spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qudra, clarified that invading Israeli forces compelled the management of the complex to relocate 95 healthcare personnel, 11 family members, 191 patients, and 165 accompanying displaced individuals to the old Nasser building. These individuals are enduring difficult and alarming conditions without access to food or baby formula, amid a severe shortage of water.
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