Palestinian Hospitals Suffer From Shortages Of Medical Supplies

A Palestinian patient Bassam Hasona ,60, has kidney dialysis in the kidney department at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human rights organizations and the Health Ministry have warned of a collapse in Palestinian public health services due to economic sanctions, the Israeli siege and cuts to international aid which has caused a shortage of basic disposable medical supplies. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967.
A Palestinian patient Bassam Hasona ,60, has kidney dialysis in the kidney department at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human rights organizations and the Health Ministry have warned of a collapse in Palestinian public health services due to economic sanctions, the Israeli siege and cuts to international aid which has caused a shortage of basic disposable medical supplies. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967.
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A prematurity Palestinian new born baby is cared by pediatric Dr. Nasser Al-Sadi in the neonatal unit at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human rights organizations and the Health Ministry have warned of a collapse in Palestinian public health services due to economic sanctions, the Israeli siege and cuts to international aid which has caused a shortage of basic disposable medical supplies. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967. A Palestinian medical technologist Fadi Abu Olba  works at the Laboratory at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human organizations and Health Ministry warn from healthy collapse due to the economic sanctions and the siege by Israel and cuts to international aid which caused shortage of basic disposable medical supplies and desperate circumstances of the Palestinian public health services. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967. Premature Palestinian new born babies are cared for by the nurse Somayea Ayead at the prematurity department at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human rights organizations and the Health Ministry have warned of a collapse in Palestinian public health services due to economic sanctions, the Israeli siege and cuts to international aid which has caused a shortage of basic disposable medical supplies. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967. A prematurity Palestinian new born baby is cared by pediatric Dr. Nasser Al-Sadi at the prematurity department at the Al-Shifa hospital March 17, 2008 in Gaza, the Gaza Strip. Palestinian human rights organizations and the Health Ministry have warned of a collapse in Palestinian public health services due to economic sanctions, the Israeli siege and cuts to international aid which has caused a shortage of basic disposable medical supplies. A human rights coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations claim that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967.
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