Gaza Medical Crisis Worsening, Pain Medication Becomes Luxury Goods

Gaza/DOK UNRWA conditions

JAKARTA - Thousands of patients and victims of injuries due to Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip face an uncertain fate due to the collapse of the health service system in the Palestinian enclave.

Reported by ANTARA from WAFA, Monday, February 9, local medical sources said that a number of hospitals that are still operating are now having difficulty maintaining services and turning into waiting places for thousands of patients and injured victims whose future is unclear.

According to them, the health system in Gaza is paralyzed. The survival of medical services is currently considered a miracle, given the extent of the damage that hinders the recovery efforts of health facilities there.

The medical crisis in Gaza has reached a nadir, even painkillers are difficult to obtain by people facing death. Data shows that the stock of laboratory materials and blood banks are almost depleted, while more than half of the medical equipment and essential medicines are no longer available.

Sources said cancer, hematology, surgery, surgery, intensive care, and primary health services were the most affected by this crisis.

The limited amount of medicine that enters hospitals in the Gaza Strip is considered far from enough to meet real needs.

"Saving the health conditions in Gaza hospitals cannot be done through temporary emergency solutions that only make the serious consequences continue to increase," said the sources.