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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse, Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Monday, warning that hospitals could stop operating within hours due to the territory's energy crisis.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the ministry, said that "Shifa Hospital, Kamal Adwan hospital, the European Gaza Hospital, and Rantisi Hospital could stop offering services because they are about to run out of fuel."
"The current situation is the worst since the Ministry of Health was created in the Gaza Strip," he added.
The Gaza Strip, which receives its electricity from Israel, Egypt, and its one power plant, has been struggling to produce enough power for months.
The hospitals depend on private generators in addition to the power grid, but Israel's eight-year blockade has severely limited the supply of fuel to the coastal enclave.
The healthcare crisis been exacerbated by the blockade as well as three devastating wars since 2008.
The World Health Organization says there is a chronic shortage of pharmaceutical supplies and medicine in Gaza, with patients in need of tertiary care prevented from traveling from the territory due to the blockade, which Egypt maintains in Gaza's south.
Meanwhile, Israel's military offensive on Gaza last summer damaged or destroyed 17 out of 32 hospitals as well as 50 out of 97 primary health centers, according to a UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs report last September.
Six hospitals were forced to close during the conflict and four primary health centres were totally destroyed, the UN added.
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Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the ministry, said that "Shifa Hospital, Kamal Adwan hospital, the European Gaza Hospital, and Rantisi Hospital could stop offering services because they are about to run out of fuel."
"The current situation is the worst since the Ministry of Health was created in the Gaza Strip," he added.
The Gaza Strip, which receives its electricity from Israel, Egypt, and its one power plant, has been struggling to produce enough power for months.
The hospitals depend on private generators in addition to the power grid, but Israel's eight-year blockade has severely limited the supply of fuel to the coastal enclave.
The healthcare crisis been exacerbated by the blockade as well as three devastating wars since 2008.
The World Health Organization says there is a chronic shortage of pharmaceutical supplies and medicine in Gaza, with patients in need of tertiary care prevented from traveling from the territory due to the blockade, which Egypt maintains in Gaza's south.
Meanwhile, Israel's military offensive on Gaza last summer damaged or destroyed 17 out of 32 hospitals as well as 50 out of 97 primary health centers, according to a UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs report last September.
Six hospitals were forced to close during the conflict and four primary health centres were totally destroyed, the UN added.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767226
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