Power cuts plunge Gaza hospitals into darkness as Israel’s attacks persist
Power cuts plunge Gaza hospitals into darkness as Israel’s attacks persist Gaza is suffering from an energy crisis, affecting hospitals already struggling...
Key points
- Power cuts plunge Gaza hospitals into darkness as Israel’s attacks persist Gaza is suffering from an energy crisis, affecting hospitals already struggling to treat patients amid Israeli bombing.
- But an ongoing blockade on Gaza has resulted in severe shortages of fuel needed for generators, which power essential life-saving medical equipment at hospitals such as ventilators, incubators and monitoring devices.
- The consequential routine power cuts have rendered hospitals semi-dysfunctional and affected thousands of patients and medical staff in Gaza, where the flow of patients caused by new waves of bombings and disease continues.
- Surgeon Omar al-Ashtal said medical teams at the hospital are struggling to provide proper and essential services to patients due to erratic power supplies, especially in operating rooms, where electricity is essential.
What happened
Power cuts plunge Gaza hospitals into darkness as Israel’s attacks persist Gaza is suffering from an energy crisis, affecting hospitals already struggling to treat patients amid Israeli bombing. But an ongoing blockade on Gaza has resulted in severe shortages of fuel needed for generators, which power essential life-saving medical equipment at hospitals such as ventilators, incubators and monitoring devices. The consequential routine power cuts have rendered hospitals semi-dysfunctional and affected thousands of patients and medical staff in Gaza, where the flow of patients caused by new waves of bombings and disease continues. Surgeon Omar al-Ashtal said medical teams at the hospital are struggling to provide proper and essential services to patients due to erratic power supplies, especially in operating rooms, where electricity is essential. “The continuation of this situation threatens the hospital’s ability to respond to emergencies and increases the suffering of patients waiting for treatment and medical care.” Intensive care units, operating rooms, anaesthesia departments and neonatal care are the most affected by the latest power crisis. “The electric generators at Al-Aqsa...