More than 4,000 amputations and 2,000 cases of spinal and brain injuries have been recorded in Gaza since the start of the Israeli offensive last year, Anadolu Agency reports.
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, stated that “the majority of those who have lost limbs are children.”
“More than 4,000 people have had their upper or lower limbs amputated since the beginning of the genocide,” he said.
He added that over 2,000 people with spinal and brain injuries are now bedridden and in urgent need of rehabilitation.
Thousands more have suffered hearing and vision impairments due to the relentless bombardments, he added.
“The health system in Gaza lies in ruins, with no medical care or facilities available. The sole rehabilitation hospital, Hamad Hospital, and Gaza’s prosthetics centre have been completely destroyed,” said the official.
