The healthcare infrastructure in the Gaza Strip is approaching total breakdown as border crossings remain shut, putting thousands of patients at grave risk.
According to officials at Al‑Shifa Medical Complex, one of Gaza’s largest hospitals, more than 2,000 amputee patients and over 5,000 cancer‑patients urgently need treatment that cannot be provided within the enclave.
Additionally, the hospital reports in excess of 3,000 individuals suffering from lost vision and over 1,000 with hearing loss — all awaiting vital surgical interventions. Meanwhile, deaths are already being recorded among kidney and chronic‑disease patients due to a lack of essential medicines and equipment.
Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the hospital director, described the situation as a “war of extermination against patients” and called on the international community and humanitarian agencies to intervene immediately.
With the healthcare system collapsing and lives being lost daily, vulnerable patients are increasingly trapped in a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, according to medical officials.
