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Ahrar center asks WHO to solve Gaza medicine crisis

[ 15/06/2011 – 06:35 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and its chairperson to swiftly intervene and solve the medicine crisis in the Gaza Strip. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said in a statement on Wednesday that news […]

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Gaza hospitals in critical condition

Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:10AM Gaza hospitals are suffering from a severe shortage of medical supplies. Medical centers in the Gaza Strip are facing a severe shortage of medicine caused by Israel’s years-long blockade on the coastal enclave. Hamas Health Minister Dr Bassem Naem said 180 medicines and 200 medical items, including basics like alcohol […]

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Gaza patients in dire need of medicine – with video

Fri Jun 3, 2011 1:44AM Ashraf Shannon, Press TV, Gaza The government of Hamas says hospitals and clinics in Gaza are running short on medicine supplies. Speaking at a press conference, they said hospitals need at least 178 types of medicine for intensive care units, maternity wards, podiatric and ophthalmic surgeries. In addition to the […]

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Gaza hospitals face health crisis

  Tue May 31, 2011 6:2PM Gaza is facing an imminent heath crisis due to lack of fuel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the coast of sliver is facing an imminent health crisis due to lack of fuel and shortage of medicine in hospitals. The ministry said the shortages are the direct […]

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Health ministry says Gaza hospitals still suffering lack of medicine

[ 31/05/2011 – 03:04 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza health ministry said Monday that hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip are still suffering from lack of medicines and medical supplies as 310 medicines and consumables are completely out of stock. The deficit has effected such important departments as reception, emergencies, and intensive care as […]

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OPT: Cut off from healthcare

Photo: Phoebe Greenwood/IRIN The Separation Wall, built through Tantour in 2005, separates the village from neighboring West Bank towns Beit Jala and Bethlehem BEIT JALA, 2 May 2011 (IRIN) – Fuad Ahmed Jabo’s mother was 70 when she died of a heart attack at their home in the Palestinian village of Tantour in Beit Jala, […]

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Naim discusses health needs with int’l agencies in Gaza

[ 10/04/2011 – 07:50 PM GAZA, (PIC)– Minister of Health in Gaza Dr. Basem Naim discussed on Sunday with representatives of international agencies in the Strip the impact of the Israeli aggression and siege on the health sector. He warned of the repercussions of the Israeli military escalation in light of the acute shortage in […]

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Israel’s cruel punishment of the very ill in Gaza | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Ilana Hammerman, 11 March 2011 After many delays, a diabetes patient from the Gaza Strip was finally allowed to travel to a Ramallah hospital for surgery. A fraught journey through the land of the checkpoints. Driving south past the Ashkelon intersection on Highway 4 that Thursday morning, I began to notice a few of the […]

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Quds 5: Libya to provide Gaza’s medical needs

[ 22/01/2011 – 03:41 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya hosted the Libyan Quds 5 convoy at the Legislative Council noon Saturday. He praised Libya for its support of the Palestinian cause and tremendous efforts in breaking the four-year economic blockade Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip. “The Libyan delegation […]

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