Electricity outage has serious impacts on Health: Minister of Health

Minister of Health, Mufeed al- Makhllaty Al Ray Agencies | Nov 4, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – ” Health and humanitarian conditions in Gaza are  at risk due to electricity outage  across the Gaza Strip,” Minister of Health,  Mufeed al- Makhllaty warned on Monday. He said in a press statement   that the stop of  functioning of […]

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Hundreds of Gazan kidney patients face death

[ PIC 26/10/2013 – 03:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza Strip warned on Saturday that hundreds of kidney failure patients were in danger of death due to the acute shortage in medicines and other consumables used in the dialysis process. For his part, director of kidney department in the Shifa […]

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Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Middle East Monitor | Sept 18, 2013 Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a talk show on Egyptian Al-Hayat TV, Kamal attributed the news to “the great [and] successful efforts of the Egyptian […]

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URGENT ▶ Silent Genocide: Lives of 360 Gaza patients in danger

Al Ray | Aug 6, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday  announced  in a statement that closing Rafah crossing put lives of 360 patients in danger. The statement explained  that these patients have official reference documentation to be treated abroad, but closing Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities prevented them […]

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Gaza hospitals face fuel shortage: Health Ministry

A Palestinian man awaits dialysis treatment at the kidney section of Shifa hospital in Gaza. (File photo) PressTV | Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:9AM GMT   The Israeli regime imposed land, aerial, and naval blockade on the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after the democratically elected Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas took over the administration […]

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#VIDEO | Medicine shortage threaten Gaza patients’ lives

Published on Dec 23, 2012| By PressTV Hospitals and clinics in Gaza are still struggling with shortages of medicines and surgical supplies more than a month after Israel’s onslaught on the besieged enclave. Press TV’s Ashraf Shannon reports from Gaza. Follow our Facebook on: http://www.facebook.com/presstvchannel Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv Follow our Tumblr on: http://presstvchannel.tumblr.com […]

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OIC: Gaza suffers acute shortage in drinking water

[ PIC 23/06/2012 – 05:38 PM ] Jeddah, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated that the Gaza Strip is suffering an acute shortage in potable water, because of its reliance on groundwater, which is plagued by pollution and high salinity. The OIC said in its monthly report, which monitors the humanitarian conditions in […]

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#GazaIsDying – Ambulances, bakeries hit by Gaza fuel crisis

Maan News Agency | March 21, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Half of Gaza’s ambulances and fire trucks are out of service due to the fuel crisis, officials said Wednesday. Emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said no ambulances will be operating if the crisis is not resolved quickly. At a news conference in Shifa […]

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Gaza bakeries face fuel shortage

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 22 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The president of Gaza’s bakery owners association said Wednesday that bakeries in the coastal enclave are suffering from a lack of fuel. Abdul Nasser al-Arjami told Ma’an that many bakeries will have to close down in the next few days due to the current fuel […]

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Egypt to provide badly needed electricity to Gaza

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 AL Akhbar Egypt is to provide 22 megawatts of electricity to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, where the sole power plant has shut down after running out of fuel, the electricity minister said on Tuesday. Egypt “will begin boosting the Gaza Strip with around 22 megawatts of electricity at the start of […]

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Out of Power Cuts… 80% of Gaza Patients Death-threatened

Alresalah.ps – Febr 19 2012 Gaza, (Alresalah.ps)–Ministry of Health in Gaza warned about worsening health condition for patients in the Gaza Strip hospitals in case that the problem of power outages is continuing in the strip. Director of Public Relations and Information in the ministry Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra said more than 80% of the patients […]

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URGENT ▶ Israel Kills Dialysis in Gaza – 500 Patients Lives Continuously in Danger

Last update: April 26, 2013 Update – Dec 15, 2011 In an urgent appeal Gaza Health ministery urges the PA in Ramallah to assure delivery of dialysis filters type 5 and 6. And immediately the media bias hits the mainstream that the PA itself is preventing the delivery…. as usual very convenient for the zionist […]

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Gaza hopes electricity line repair will ease blackouts

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity| Water | Communication Maan News Agency | Dec 4, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The main electricity line supplying Gaza has been repaired after two weeks of partial blackout in the blockaded strip, officials said Sunday. The Israeli Electric Company which controls the sea line […]

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Gaza Hospitals Face Major Fuel Shortage

Friday July 29, 2011 10:14 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies Serious fuel shortages in Gaza are about to lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe” according to the director of public medical supplies. Already major hospitals have begun shutting down operating rooms as a result of the shortages according to Ma’an News Agency. Al Shifa […]

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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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