Mainly about Al Shifa [bombed front of hospital 3]

[Efacsen]

Continuation from thread 3

The on-going dire situation at the hospital

Update on Nasser hospital

PRCS, WHO evacuate 21 patients from Nasser Hospital in Gaza

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says five of its ambulance crews participated in the evacuation operation in coordination with the World Health Organization.

The 21 wounded people were transferred on Tuesday evening to the International Field Medical Corps and Indonesian Field Hospitals in nearby Rafah.

Saw some film earlier of the NICU at the Emirati hospital in Rafah - it is as reported very crowded with extra incubators and 2 babies to each

Is this the last NICU left in Gaza? 130 NICU cots at the beginning of this war

@Efacsen it might be the last one. I'm not aware of any others operating in Gaza right now

@Parkingt111 I can't think of any others either

Not going well at Al Amal water, fuel, oxygen supplies dwindling and continuing siege
warfare

Seems to be an impasse at Nasser - IDF not permitting further evacuations and not allowing sufficient aid into the hospital. Major concerns about 'human and clinical waste accumulating and contaminated water flowing thro clinical areas

Jordan and UK air-dropped aid to Tal al Hawa hospital in Gaza City - incl some fuel [!!]

A couple of snippets about Al Shifa

''Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is gradually becoming more operational again after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, but the suffering of the wounded has not decreased.

Out of fuel, the hospital is unable to run equipment like x-ray machines, and carry out operations, and medicines for injuries and traumas are very scarce, the doctor said.

“The medical staff are over-exhausted, they work around the clock,” the doctor added, also saying many fled to the south of the Strip to escape fighting in the north.

“We deal with scores of injuries and killed people, and the traumas range from medium to critical. Even critical ones require specialised interventions that we lack here … We ask for the medical staff to be allowed back and to have fuel.”

Thanks @Efacsen for the updates

I found this update of Dr Ahmed who managed to evacuate Al Nasser into Rafah after the storming of the hospital. He says it was like judgement day, one of the nurses was stripped and blind folded and taken away

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3nyChOsSsf/?igsh=empvbmc1a3BicWo=

@Parkingt111 poor Dr Ahmed and his colleagues what a terrible experience

51 patients have now been evacuated in 3 missions

13 patients have died thro' lack of oxygen, ventilation, medication etc

IDF withdrew from the remaining hospital buildings to the hospital gates, re-invaded, withdrew again and are now firing on the hospital from the gates

IDF withdrew from the remaining hospital buildings to the hospital gates, re-invaded, withdrew again and are now firing on the hospital from the gates
And did they find anything that could justify it's targeting? because if they didn't that's a war crime

are now firing on the hospital from the gates - why are they firing at the gates they have been in the hospital I assume that means they have arrested shot any Hamas people they found so why are they still firing? They are a disgrace

@Dulra it's a bit of a confusing story - particularly as to why the IDF are continuing to fire on a hospital they have been in control of [and largely destroyed] for about a week

IDF claim to have found 20 Hamas fighters and weapons at the hospital - some allegedly 'imposing' [?impersonating] doctors - almost all the medical and nursing staff have been detained for 'questioning' bar 25 still trapped with 100 plus patients in one building

There's a real lack of journalists there and the reporting has been very patchy

The very long WHO tweet on page 29 which explains the background

They seem to just like firing bullets.

Update on Nasser from PRCS

“Four ambulance vehicles evacuated 18 wounded individuals, including two newborns who lost their mothers. The cases were transferred to the International Medical Corps and the Indonesian Field hospitals in Rafah Governorate, as well as the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, in addition to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.”

Not seen any new updates on Nasser

This is very sad from Kamal Adwan hospital

Hospital in northern Gaza treating newborns for malnutrition

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital, says the facility has seen a steep rise in malnutrition cases among children, especially newborns.

“Signs of weakness and paleness are apparent on newborns because the mother is malnourished,” Abu Safiya says.

The hospital, in the northern Gaza Strip, has treated babies with advanced dehydration and other complications from malnutrition, he says.

“Unfortunately many kids have died in the past weeks.”
“If we don’t get the proper aid urgently, we will be losing more and more to malnutrition

Also saw that the 2 month old baby who died of malnutrition [several posts about this on other threads] died at Al Shifa

Head of plastic surgery in Al Shifa was interviewed on Irish radio and it was broadcast this morning. A very brave man. His comments about how Israel left Al Shifa are chilling.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/34y55VJh8ldDPpdlLtMDfO?si=ANQ6xJ1jQUmnSkn-mO57-Q

Patients being evacuated from Al Amal were held up for 7 hours whilst IDF pulled this latest stunt

UN humanitarian office accuses Israel of strip-searching and detaining paramedics from medical evacuation convoy

The UN has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of stalling a medical evacuation convoy in Khan Younis and forcing paramedics to strip for searches before detaining them.
In comments made in Geneva, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA), told reporters:

Despite prior coordination for all staff members and vehicles with the Israeli side, the Israeli forces blocked the WHO-led (World Health Organization) convoy for many hours the moment it left the hospital.

The Israeli military forced patients and staff out of ambulances and stripped all paramedics of their clothes. Three Palestinian Red Crescent Society paramedics were subsequently detained, although their personal details had been shared with the Israeli forces in advance

OCHA claimed one paramedic was later released, but appealed for the release of the two others and all other detained health personnel.

Reuters reports the Israeli military did not immediately comment, saying it was checking the details of the incident.

North Gaza hospital shuts down surgery department

Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital, one of the few partially functioning health facilities left in the north, has had to cancel all surgical operations after two of its operating rooms were “targeted and destroyed”, according to its acting director Mohamed Salha.
“This means that all medical services related to obstetrics and gynaecology have stopped completely,” Salha told Al Jazeera.
The closure also means the hospital must cancel all orthopaedic and plastic surgeries, which can help save the limbs of wounded Palestinians, Salha said.
“We were the only hospital in northern Gaza for orthopaedic surgeries … There is no other alternative place in northern Gaza or Gaza City because the health

WHO and UN have visited Al Shifa which was recently overwhelmed [again] this time by victims of the 'flour massacre' - as well as providing aid they were able to make an assessment of the nature of injuries suffered by victims ie gunshot vs being run over

WHO provides fuel, medical supplies to al-Shifa Hospital

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said the body and other aid groups have managed to reach al-Shifa Hospital to supply it with aid for the first time in more than a month.

The teams delivered 19,000 litres (about 5,000 gallons) of fuel to the north Gaza facility, as well as “lifesaving medical supplies for 150 patients and treatment for 50 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition”, Tedros said in a post on X.

However, he noted that the facility’s capacity remains “very limited” due to scarce “supplies, fuel, water, and food” and that it was relying on volunteers to treat more than 240 patients.

“The level of destruction around the hospital is beyond words,” he said.

Don't often hear what's happening in the hospital in Rafah - needless to say it's nothing good

Crowded hospital looks like refugee camp in Rafah

Hani Mahmoud
Reporting from Rafah, Gaza

Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, where victims of a car attack have been taken for treatment, was unprepared to deal with the large number of injuries it is receiving.

The hospital has also turned into a refugee camp, with displaced people crowding inside its corridors and courtyards, leaving no space for paramedics or doctors to move freely. The pressure continues to increase on Rafah’s health facilities.

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Another hospital in Rafah under unimaginable strain - can't imagine giving birth like this

For midwives in Rafah, ‘childbirth means chaos and suffering

’Midwives at the Al-Helal Al Emirati Hospital in Gaza’s Rafah are dealing with a “significant increase” in the number of childbirths due to the influx of displaced people into the southern city, according to the UN family planning agency (UNFPA).

The hospital recently saw 78 babies delivered in a single day, the UNFPA said.
The increase in deliveries at the already overburdened hospital has resulted in “chaos and suffering”, the agency said.

“We are delivering non-stop. In our delivery ward, we only have five beds for so many pregnant women,” one midwife told the agency. “While one woman is giving birth, another expectant mother comes into the ward. We tell the woman who has just given birth, ‘We need the bed. Get up, sit on the chair’.”

Conditions at the delivery ward are “miserable,” she said.

“Most of the women come in with infections. They haven’t been able to check the baby’s weight or movement. They just arrive for the delivery, hoping for the best. The foetus could be dead and the mother wouldn’t even know.”

UNFPA

More than 8,000 patients need to be evacuated from Gaza: WHO

An official for the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 8,000 people needed to be referred outside Gaza for medical treatment.
Dr Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for Gaza and the West Bank, told reporters on Tuesday that some 6,000 people needed to be referred for war-related injuries and ailments.
These include patients with multiple trauma injuries, burns and amputations.
The other 2,000 were patients requiring care for cancer and other serious chronic illnesses.
The WHO said moving such patients out of Gaza would relieve some of the strain on the medics and hospitals that are struggling to keep functioning in a war zone

Thanks for the dedicated updates. I read them but I’m not always sure what to write in response.

Me neither. It just keeps getting worse and worse. ☹️

It's always so depressing what I post - do look for the tiny bits of good news but none recently
Equally lost for words and think many others are too