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Published 11 Nov, 2023 08:12pm

Two premature babies die, lives of 37 others at risk in Gaza hospital

Two premature babies have died due to power cuts at Gaza’s largest hospital, Physicians for Human Rights Israel has said, citing doctors there, as fighting rages around the Al-Shifa complex, AFP reports.

“As a result of the lack of electricity, we can report that the neonatal intensive care unit has stopped working. Two premature infants have died, and there is a real risk to the lives of 37 other premature infants” at Al-Shifa hospital, the Israeli doctors’ group said in a statement.

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