OIC warns of crisis in Gaza due to shortage of medicines

[ PIC 22/12/2012 – 04:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has warned of the collapse of Gaza’s health sector which continues to suffer shortages of two-thirds of medicines in hospitals and medical centers in the Strip. The Organization said, in its monthly report monitoring the humanitarian situation in the Gaza […]

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#REPORT | “Captive economy: The pharmaceutical industry and the Israeli occupation” (PDF)

WhoProfits | July 21, 2012 Orly Almi – whoprofits.org There are only a few materials that require a license from Israeli manufacturers, but these can be received on an annual basis, whereas the Palestinians require one for each separate shipment, regardless of whether it is a restricted item or one that is freely imported by […]

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Gaza: Residents deprived of critical medications and medical care

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures 17 Nov 2011 | Medicins sans Frontieres By late September, 36% of necessary supplies were lacking, compared to 25% in 2010. © Theo/Synchro X Health facilities in the Gaza Strip face a serious shortage of drugs and medical supplies. In late September, 36% of […]

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Miles Of Smiles 6 Arrives In Gaza

Thursday October 06, 2011 10:57 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Miles of Smiles convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip late on Wednesday through the Rafah Border Terminal in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and received popular and official welcome ceremonies. File – Palestine-Info Security sources at the Rafah Terminal stated […]

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‘Miles of Smiles’ convoy en route to Gaza

Maan News Agency | Oct 6, 2011 EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian Maj.-Gen. Jaber Al-Arabi said Wednesday that a new ‘Miles of Smiles’ convoy is on its way to Gaza after leaving Cairo for el-Arish, on the border. The convoy’s name is “Shuhada October” (the Martyrs of October) and it includes 43 ambulances and 10 […]

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Medical Staff in Gaza protest over shortages

Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:45| MEMO Medical Trade Union has organised a sit-in outside the Dr Abdel-Aziz Al-Rantisi children’s hospital to protest over severe shortages in medical supplies. EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Medical Trade Union has organised a sit-in outside the Dr Abdel-Aziz Al-Rantisi children’s hospital to protest over severe shortages in medical supplies; in over […]

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Fuel, medicine ‘crisis’ in Gaza hospitals cost human lives

Maan News Agency Aug 17, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Muhammad Al-Kashef, a health ministry official in Gaza, warned Tuesday of a crisis hitting the sector as medicine shortages have plagued the enclave for two months. Al-Kashef said the ministry of health in Ramallah is largely responsible for the crisis after excluding Gaza from its […]

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Some of entitled medicines to arrive in Gaza in days

[ 07/08/2011 – 04:34 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Munir al-Bersh, the Gaza health ministry’s director-general of pharmaceuticals, said a portion of entitled medicines are scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip within the next few days. Bersh said the health ministry has contacted organizations both at home and abroad in a bid to pressure the […]

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What it means to heal when there’s nothing to heal with ~ by @samikishawi

By Sami Kishawi | July 19, 2011 | The Palestine Entries: Entry #30 The current healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is notorious for its limitations in resources and space, a direct consequence of a siege that prohibits most medicines and equipment from reaching hospitals and health clinics throughout the territory. It isn’t entirely evident […]

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Health ministry: The crisis of medicines is still ongoing in Gaza

[ 24/07/2011 – 02:18 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of health said the crisis of medicines is still ongoing in the besieged Gaza Strip and condemned the unconstitutional government in Ramallah city for contributing to this crisis. “The unconstitutional government of Ramallah is pursuing the dropper policy with Gaza Strip patients as there […]

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OIC: Gaza medicine security is dying into crisis which is “the worst of its kind”.

[ 12/07/2011 – 03:25 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (the OIC) said in its monthly report that medical security in Gaza is dying and has plummeted into a crisis which is “the worst of its kind”. The report says the hospitals and medical centers suffer an acute shortage in medicines and […]

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Medical aid convoy lands in Gaza

[ 07/07/2011 – 09:36 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A medical aid convoy sent by the Arab Medical Union has delivered some five tons of aid to the Gaza Strip after landing on Wednesday. The convoy, headed by the AMU emergency committee secretary-general Ibrahim al-Za’faraani, entered through Rafah crossing on the Strip’s border with Egypt. On […]

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Israel deliberately depriving Gaza

  Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:43AM The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel is ‘deliberately’ forcing poverty onto the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through its strict siege of the enclave. On Tuesday, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Gaza was beset with a 45.2 percent unemployment rate […]

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Gaza’s hospital stock running on near empty

Mohammed Omer Last Modified: 12 Jun 2011 11:52 | Al Jazeera English Hospitals in Gaza are facing a crisis due to shortages of medical supplies [GALLO/GETTY] Human rights groups in Gaza are urgently requesting that international aid groups and donor groups to intervene and deliver urgent medical aid to Palestinian hospitals in Gaza. Palestinian officials say […]

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Turkey threatens Israel with retaliation

Sat May 21, 2011 2:52PM Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Turkey pledges to take ‘necessary’ action against Israel if Tel Aviv repeats its 2010 bloodshed of Gaza-bound activists against an aid convoy, which is to head to the impoverished enclave. On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, “It should be known that Turkey will […]

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