GAZA – On Monday, the
Ministry of Health in Gaza announced
that it is suffering from a severe shortage of blood units and derivatives,
Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
In a press conference, Dr. Tareq Al-Sa’afin, Director of the
Laboratories and Blood Banks Unit at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said, “We
announce that the laboratories are suffering from a severe shortage of
laboratory materials and supplies.”
Dr. Sa’afin spoke about “the depletion of citizens in
donation operations over 4 months, where more than 20,000 blood units were
collected from citizens” and drew attention to “a severe shortage of blood
bags, blood type tests, and compatibility tests.”
He pointed out “the lack of viral tests for patients and
blood units” and spoke about “the cessation of basic blood tests in the
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital’s Laboratory,” warning that the remaining hospital
laboratories “will stop at any moment.”
Dr. Sa’afin said that “gas and blood salt tests have stopped
due to a shortage of their special solutions,” drawing attention to “a shortage
of chemical tests for kidney, liver, and pregnant patients,” in addition to “a
shortage of antibiotics necessary for bacterial farms.”
Dr. Sa’afin held the WHO, the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Arab Authority for Blood Transfusion Services
“responsible for the cessation of laboratory and blood bank services in the
Gaza Strip,” calling on “the relevant authorities to work on providing the
needs of the Gaza Strip for laboratory medical materials and supplies.”
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has recorded about 700,000
cases of infectious, skin, cold, diarrhea, and viral hepatitis diseases among
the displaced “due to overcrowding, fragility of shelter, lack of appropriate
food and drink, and required medical care.”
The Ministry also opened 47 medical points in the
displacement areas in Rafah.
Spokespeople for the ministry said that it is “in urgent
need of the efforts of international institutions to provide more qualified
medical points and provide the necessary medicines, especially for chronic
diseases, pregnant women, and children, as well as appropriate food, drinking
water, and personal hygiene.” It called for “providing medical teams and field
hospitals to support the health system in saving the lives of the wounded and
patients with the continuation of the Israeli aggression,” as well as “working
on the flow of medical aid that touches our health needs in these emergency
conditions of the ongoing aggression.”
The Ministry of Health also held the WHO and ICRC
responsible, urging them to “visit the medical teams detained by the Israeli
occupation and pressure for their release.”
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