UN / WHO GAZA INTERVIEW

The World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that without fuel, the babies in incubators who need that life support “will simply die”, reiterating “safe and sustained access” is needed, or “there will be more suffering and more death” in Gaza. UNIFEED / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:42
• Production Date: 25 October 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; HEALTH AID; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3125834
• Parent Id: 3125834
• Alternate Title: unifeed231025i

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STORY: UN / WHO GAZA INTERVIEW
TRT: 3:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – CREDIT ON SCREEN – WHO - 21 OCTOBER 2023, RAFAH CROSSING, GAZA

1. Various shots, lorries being loaded with supplies.

25 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson:
“We need safe and sustained access. When we say safe access, we need security guarantees that our material and our workers will not be attacked during the transport and distribution of the supplies. So far, we have not been given any guarantees for north of Gaza. And what we really plead for is for those who are involved in this conflict to provide those guarantees to us that that's also hospitals in north of Gaza can receive necessary supplies.”

FILE – CREDIT ON SCREEN – WHO

22 OCTOBER 2023, AL NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX IN KHAN YUNIS, GAZA

3. Various shots of the hospital receiving and treating patients

25 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson:
“Fuel is needed to have electricity in hospitals. You cannot have any hospital running without electricity and having a light. You need a light to know to treat patients. You need electricity for surgical theaters. You need electricity for incubators, for dialysis machines. So we need fuel. Fuel is also needed to desalinate the water so hospitals have a clean water. Clean water is of vital importance in hospitals to keep patients safe and provide health services.”

FILE – CREDIT ON SCREEN – WHO – 12-17 OCTOBER 2023, GAZA
5.Various shots, ambulances and people carrying injured people
6. Various shots, interior of a hospital in Gaza

25 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson:
“So we need supplies for trauma kits, for trauma interventions, but also medicines for chronic diseases and other medical material that the consumables that are used in a hospital on everyday basis.”

FILE – CREDIT ON SCREEN – UNICEF - 16 OCTOBER 2023, GAZA STRIP

7. Various shots, Al-Shifa hospital

25 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

8.SOUNDBITE (English) Tarik Jasarevic, WHO spokesperson:
“Well, if there is no fuel, then babies in incubators who need that life support that will simply die and many more people will suffer. People who are on dialysis for renal problems will basically lose any chances to survive in the longer term. So we need those things. If we don't get it, there will be more suffering and more death.”

FILE – CREDIT ON SCREEN – WHO - 23 OCTOBER 2023, Al Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza

9. Various shots, medical supplies being unloaded from a WHO supply truck and being organised before being distributed to the various hospital departments.

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that without fuel, the babies in incubators who need that life support “will simply die”, reiterating “safe and sustained access” is needed, or “there will be more suffering and more death” in Gaza.

Speaking via video link from Cairo today (25 Oct), Jasarevic said, “we really plead for is for those who are involved in this conflict to provide those guarantees to us that that's also hospitals in north of Gaza can receive necessary supplies.”

He also highlighted “Fuel is needed to have electricity in hospitals.”

The spokesperson explained, “You cannot have any hospital running without electricity and having a light. You need a light to know to treat patients. You need electricity for surgical theaters. You need electricity for incubators, for dialysis machines. So we need fuel.”

He continued, “Fuel is also needed to desalinate the water so hospitals have a clean water. Clean water is of vital importance in hospitals to keep patients safe and provide health services.”

Jasarevic added, “So we need supplies for trauma kits, for trauma interventions, but also medicines for chronic diseases and other medical material that the consumables that are used in a hospital on everyday basis.”

The Spokesperson also said, without fuel, “people who are on dialysis for renal problems will basically lose any chances to survive in the longer term.”