WHO chief urges release of Kamal Adwan Hospital director, ceasefire in Gaza
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanded the immediate release of the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, stressing that critically injured patients displaced to a non-functioning hospital do not have access to healthcare.
Ghebreyesus said WHO and its partners have delivered food, water and basic medical supplies to the Indonesian Hospital and transferred 10 critical patients to the nearby al-Shifa Hospital. However, Israeli forces detained four patients during the transfer.
"Seven patients, along with 15 caregivers and health workers, remain at the severely damaged Indonesian Hospital, which has no ability to provide care," the WHO chief said, adding that al-Ahli hospital and el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital in Gaza City had also been damaged in the recent attacks.
"We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to healthcare. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire," he said.
Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 30, 2024
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza is out of service — following the raid, forced patient and staff evacuation and the detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya two…