Gaza Medics struggling in face of overwhelming disasters as medical supplies run low - by Jennifer

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Gaza Medics struggling in face of overwhelming disasters as medical supplies run low


As the conflict in Gaza continues to happen, there has been a shortage of medical supplies, the

UN health agency has been telling us with caution that more of the Gazans will die if there are

not medical evacuations for the sick or people that are injured. There are about 10,000 Gazan

citizens that are needed to have urgent transport that is outside of Gaza for treatment but since

May 6 there has been no medical evacuations outside of Gaza which has become a huge

problem. Another main issue is that the attacks in Rafah soil have continued and most of the

civilians lack the necessary utilities such as food, water, and shelter which are the necessary

items needed for a chance of survival. In response the main reason for the extreme difficulty to

provide aid in Gaza is due to the fact that there have been hostilities and a more challenging

logistical condition and coordination procedures that have been tampering with delivering the aid

inside Gaza. A main solution offered is that there is a need for support in reconstructing the Gaza

health system to ensure peace and sustainability.

This article relates to emergency disasters because it may not be a natural disaster that is

causing the storage of medical supplies in Gaza but a human-caused disaster due to most of the

roads being closed off due to the brewing which caused most of the roads for transportation to be

blocked. According to the UN Agency for Palestine refugees there is an escalation of the

hostilities and issuance of evacuation orders that have been trying to succeed more then 940,000

people from the Rafah in the past three weeks. In addition, there has been reports that in plenty


of the Gazan health facilities there has been a huge amount of fuel and medical supplies

shortage, and physicians are trying to help with coping with a higher rise of the causalities in

injuries and burns and there is a higher need for people to donate blood for any injuries and

blood transfusion work. It was reported that only about 137 humanitarian aid workers were

issued in relation the disaster in Gaza, there was about 86 transportations that were hindered by

getting a green light or being denied access and there was about 43 that were cancelled by each

of the organizers. Furthermore, in Gaza there are healthcare professionals that can be able to

focus more on the reconstruction of the healthcare system ordering more supplies to help with

the mass casualties.

References

https://www.nation.com.pk/30-May-2024/gaza-doctors-struggling-in-face-of-overwhelming-

disaster-as-vital-medical-supplies-run-low-who

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1150346#:~:text=24%20April%202024-

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