World Health Organization: 270 patients evacuated from European Hospital in Khan Yunis following Israeli evacuation orders

The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that 270 Palestinian patients self-evacuated from the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Yunis following Israeli evacuation orders.

Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva, Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for occupied Palestinian Territory, said that the latest evacuation orders have an impact on operations at the European Gaza Hospital, even though the hospital itself is not under evacuation orders, as reported by Anadolu Agency.

Noting that 270 patients, besides medical staff, self-evacuated on Monday, he said the evacuations from the hospital resumed Tuesday morning with the assistance of the Palestinian Health Ministry.

“But as witnessed several times during the ongoing war, insecurity in a hospital’s proximity and lack of access for patients, health workers, and humanitarians to resupply fuel, medical supplies, water and food can make hospitals non-functional very quickly,” Peeperkorn warned.

Now, “only three patients” remain at the European Gaza Hospital, and “three” at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) field hospital, he said, while noting that most patients have been referred to Nasser Medical Complex.

Source : Wafa Agency

Edited by Souha Suleiman