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Press Release –June 2nd 2010
Health Situation in Gaza
Médecins du Monde Calls for the Immediate Lifting of the Blockade
Médecins du Monde is shocked by the violence that characterised the boarding of the flotilla in the sea off Gaza on 31st May and deplores the resulting loss of human life.
This event highlights the critical situation created by the blockade that for 3 years has plunged one and a half million Palestinians into an ongoing medical and economic crisis.
Numerous medical treatments are currently unavailable both inside the Gaza Strip, because of the blockade and the resulting shortages, and outside the Strip because referring patients abroad remains problematic due to restrictions on movements into and out of Gaza. During 2009, 27 people died after having been refused the chance of medical care outside the country .
In addition, lengthy power cuts of between 6 and 12 hours a day considerably disrupt the running of hospitals, particularly as regards operating essential medical equipment and refrigerating vaccines; certain types of medical equipment remain out of use in public health centres. Equally, between 15 and 20% of essential medicines are regularly out of stock . This is also the case for the drugs needed to treat certain chronic illnesses, for neonatal care and for treating cancer. “And if these medicines should become available, you have to go to private medical centres to buy them. They’re sold at too high a price for the majority of people in Gaza,” explains the Doctors of the World team in Palestine.
The blockade in force also affects human medical resources: as it is impossible to access good quality medical training inside or outside the Gaza Strip, doctors in Gaza cannot benefit from appropriate continuing professional development, particularly in cardiovascular surgery, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics and neurosurgery.
In view of this constant lack of resources, Médecins du Monde calls for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza in order to improve long-term the living conditions and health of its inhabitants.
Press Release –June 2nd 2010
Health Situation in Gaza
Médecins du Monde Calls for the Immediate Lifting of the Blockade
Médecins du Monde is shocked by the violence that characterised the boarding of the flotilla in the sea off Gaza on 31st May and deplores the resulting loss of human life.
This event highlights the critical situation created by the blockade that for 3 years has plunged one and a half million Palestinians into an ongoing medical and economic crisis.
Numerous medical treatments are currently unavailable both inside the Gaza Strip, because of the blockade and the resulting shortages, and outside the Strip because referring patients abroad remains problematic due to restrictions on movements into and out of Gaza. During 2009, 27 people died after having been refused the chance of medical care outside the country .
In addition, lengthy power cuts of between 6 and 12 hours a day considerably disrupt the running of hospitals, particularly as regards operating essential medical equipment and refrigerating vaccines; certain types of medical equipment remain out of use in public health centres. Equally, between 15 and 20% of essential medicines are regularly out of stock . This is also the case for the drugs needed to treat certain chronic illnesses, for neonatal care and for treating cancer. “And if these medicines should become available, you have to go to private medical centres to buy them. They’re sold at too high a price for the majority of people in Gaza,” explains the Doctors of the World team in Palestine.
The blockade in force also affects human medical resources: as it is impossible to access good quality medical training inside or outside the Gaza Strip, doctors in Gaza cannot benefit from appropriate continuing professional development, particularly in cardiovascular surgery, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics and neurosurgery.
In view of this constant lack of resources, Médecins du Monde calls for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza in order to improve long-term the living conditions and health of its inhabitants.
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