Gaza patients evacuated to Europe for urgent medical care, says WHO chief
Twelve critically ill patients from Gaza have arrived in Albania, France, Norway, and Romania for specialised treatment, according to World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He stressed that the ceasefire agreement provides a vital chance to speed up medical evacuations for more than 12,000 people in desperate need of life-saving care outside Gaza, many of them children.
“We hope the deal will be sustained, because lives depend on it,” he wrote on X.
Twelve patients from #Gaza reached Albania, France, Norway and Romania overnight to receive specialised medical care there. They were accompanied by 35 family members and caregivers.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 16, 2025
We thank all the countries and @eu_echo for their cooperation and support.
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