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Published 27 Feb, 2024 05:15pm

Nasser Hospital out of service as patients, staff await evacuation, says health ministry

Gaza’s health ministry says medical teams are unable to provide healthcare to patients at Nasser Hospital, the Strip’s second-largest medical facility in southern Khan Younis city, Al Jazeera reports.

Ventilators stopped working after hospital generators shut down as water was cut off and sewage and accumulated waste overflowed, the ministry added.

More than 120 patients require evacuation. “We call on international institutions to pressure [Israel] to release all health personnel … and take action to cater to the urgent needs of the Nasser Medical Complex,” it said on Telegram.

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