Turkey is prepared to soak up most cancers sufferers from Gaza’s Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital, which went out of service on Wednesday after working out of gasoline, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated on Thursday.

Health officers stated on Wednesday that the hospital, which was the one most cancers therapy hospital within the Gaza Strip, needed to shut down amid Israel’s bombardment of the enclave.

In a press release on social messaging platform X, Koca stated that if the mandatory coordination was performed Turkey was able to carry each most cancers sufferers and others in want of emergency assist to Turkey to proceed their therapy.

“As Turkey… we are ready to provide any and all support in continuing the treatment of cancer patients who were forcibly discharged from the hospital due to a lack of resources,” Koca stated.

“The international community and relevant institutions have unfortunately not taken enough initiative to prevent the attacks on the hospital. Saving the lives of the patients is now a duty that cannot be escaped,” he added.

Earlier the United Arab Emirates stated it deliberate to deal with 1,000 Palestinian kids from Gaza, with out saying how they would depart the enclave for the Gulf state.

Turkey has to this point despatched greater than 200 tonnes of humanitarian support and a workforce of medical personnel to Egypt for Gazans, whereas additionally providing to arrange a area hospital close to the Rafah border crossing. It has strongly condemned Israeli assaults on Gaza, carried out in retaliation for Palestinian militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel, and has referred to as for a ceasefire.

In an replace by Medical Aid for Palestinians, Dr. Marwan Abusada, chief of surgical procedure at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, stated the scenario was “beyond catastrophic” at hospitals in Gaza.

“We are almost out of fuel… The consumption needs are immense due to the influx of injuries and the thousands of people who are displaced and seeking refuge in the hospital,” Abusada stated, including Al-Shifa had greater than 800 injured individuals, far past its capability.

He stated many displaced individuals had been residing within the hospital courtyard and contained in the constructing, together with its corridors, and that there was a excessive likelihood of pandemics spreading between the sufferers and displaced.

“The ER rooms are beyond full. We have zero capacity to treat all the injured people. Every hour we have tens of injured that come for treatment. We are facing a real catastrophe.”