Access

The Gaza Strip

There had been 1,641 (M: 881; F: 760) allow purposes for sufferers from the Gaza Strip to Israeli authorities in March, much like the month-to-month common for 2022 (1,691). Close to a 3rd (31%) of purposes had been for youngsters below 18 and a fifth (21%) had been for sufferers over 60 years outdated. Just lower than a half (46%) had been for feminine sufferers, whereas 83% had been for referrals funded by the Palestinian MoH. Half (50%) of purposes to move Beit Hanoun/Erez checkpoint had been for appointments in East Jerusalem hospitals; 30% had been for hospitals within the West Bank exterior East Jerusalem; and 20% had been for Israeli hospitals. 44% of purposes had been for appointments at both Augusta Victoria Hospital (27%) or Makassed Hospital (17%), each in East Jerusalem. The prime 5 specialties accounted for 75% of allow purposes: oncology (37%); cardiology (13%); haematology (10%); paediatrics (8%); and ophthalmology (7%). The remaining 25% of purposes had been for 20 different specialties.

An extra 169 allow purposes for sufferers and companions had been submitted by the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs throughout March for journey by shuttle to Jordan, which requires approval of Israeli and Jordanian authorities for direct switch from Beit Hanoun/Erez to the King Hussein Bridge crossing to Jordan, with out formal entry to Israel or the West Bank. Jordanian hospitals difficulty an open appointment, fairly than specifying a hospital appointment date, for these allow purposes. Of the 169 purposes, 57 (34%) had been authorised throughout the month, 2 (1%) had been denied and 110 (65%) remained pending on the time of month-to-month reporting.

Approved allow purposes: 1,352 (M: 696; F: 656), or 82%, of the 1,641 affected person purposes to cross Beit Hanoun/Erez had been authorised in March 2023.

The approval fee for affected person allow purposes varies by intercourse and age of sufferers, see Table 1. In March, of the completely different demographic teams, males aged 18 to 40 had the bottom approval fee at 62%, males aged 41-60 had an approval fee of 75% whereas boys aged 0-3 had the best (92%) and the approval fee for feminine sufferers (86%) was greater than for male sufferers (79%).

Approval charges additionally fluctuate by referral specialty. In March, specialties with an approval fee much like the common (82%) or greater with greater than 20 purposes included paediatrics (138) at 94%, oncology (609) at 88%, haematology (169) at 86%, ENT (26) at 85%, and cardiology (207) at 83%. Meanwhile, specialties with an approval fee decrease than 82% and greater than 20 purposes included inner drugs (45) at 80%, ophthalmology (121) at 76%, orthopaedics (76) at 74%, neurosurgery (37) at 70%, common surgical procedure (39) at 69%, urology (32) at 53% and neurology (30) at 43%.