Gaza’s Al-Amal hospital ‘virtually out of service’: WHO

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The Al-Amal Hospital in Gaza, one of the few still operating in the Palestinian territory, is now “virtually out of service” due to intense military activity, AFP reports quoting the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from reaching care, and leading to more preventable deaths,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X.

Tedros said two emergency medical teams, one local, the other international, “are still doing their best to serve the remaining patients with the limited medical supplies left on the premises”.

“With the closure of Al-Amal, Nasser Medical Complex is now the only remaining hospital with an intensive care unit in Khan Younis,” he said.

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