The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday mentioned the emergency division on the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is “a blood tub” and is “in need of resuscitation”.

In an announcement, the WHO mentioned that “tens of hundreds of displaced individuals are utilizing the hospital constructing and grounds for shelter”, and that there is “a severe shortage” of ingesting water and meals.

‘New patients arriving every minute’

A crew from the WHO and different UN companies was in a position to ship medical provides Saturday to the hospital, the most important within the Palestinian territory. “The crew described the emergency division as a ‘bloodbath’, with a whole bunch of injured sufferers inside, and new sufferers arriving each minute,” the organisation said.

The hospital is functioning at a minimal scale with very few staff and the WHO said “critical patients are being transferred to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital for surgeries”. Operating theatres aren’t working as a consequence of an absence of oxygen and provides, and in line with the WHO crew, it’s a “hospital in want of resuscitation”. Only 30 patients can receive dialysis daily.

Gaza Strip Hit Hard

As per agency reports, all health infrastructure in the Gaza Strip has been hard hit by bombardments and ground operations carried out by the Israeli army since the October 7 attack by Hamas. The attack saw about 1,140 people killed and 240 hostages taken. According to Hamas, Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed 18,800 people. The WHO said it would reinforce Al-Shifa “in the coming weeks” for it to renew primary providers.

“Up to twenty working theatres within the hospital, in addition to post-operative care providers, will be activated if supplied with common provides of gasoline, oxygen, medicines, meals, and water,” the WHO said. As things stand, Al-Ahli Arab is the only hospital “partially functioning” in the whole north of the Gaza Strip, whereas three hospitals — Al-Shifa, Al Awda and Al Sahaba Medical Complex — are performing at a minimal.