Rafah hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed, say Gaza doctors

Patients said to have been moved on donkey carts from evacuated hospital, in situation described as ‘catastrophic’ Hospitals in Rafah risk being overwhelmed by a wave of sick and injured people if the fighting there intensifies and routes into Gaza remain impassible, doctors and medical officials in the city say.Medics and patients hastily evacuated the Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital, one of the few remaining functioning hospitals in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Tuesday after the Israeli army seized the nearby border crossing with Egypt in a dawn raid. Continue reading...

May 9, 2024 - 13:30
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Rafah hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed, say Gaza doctors

Patients said to have been moved on donkey carts from evacuated hospital, in situation described as ‘catastrophic’

Hospitals in Rafah risk being overwhelmed by a wave of sick and injured people if the fighting there intensifies and routes into Gaza remain impassible, doctors and medical officials in the city say.

Medics and patients hastily evacuated the Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital, one of the few remaining functioning hospitals in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Tuesday after the Israeli army seized the nearby border crossing with Egypt in a dawn raid. Continue reading...

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