’There is no treatment, diseases are spreading, people are dying’: inside the last working hospital in northern Gaza

’There is no treatment, diseases are spreading, people are dying’: inside the last working hospital in northern Gaza In the north of the Gaza Strip, only one hospital remains partially operational – the Kemal Adwan Hospital. For the 300,000 inhabitants of this area, this is the only source of medical care. Residents of the Jabaliya camp and the village of Beit Lahiya come here. But it has also been subjected to continuous attacks in the last few weeks. “The hospital gates, many internal departments, and the only storage room for the surgical department burned down,“ explained Kemal Advan Hospital chief physician Hussam Abu Safiyah. “We just put the drugs we had received from the WHO there. As a result, both the operating room and all the supplies were ruined. We are praying that they will deliver us new drugs and medical supplies as soon as possible.“ He stressed that the number of patients is greater than the hospital can handle, while many doctors and other medical personnel have... Source: Sputnik International