WHO / NORTH GAZA HOSPITALS

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners facilitated the deployment of an international medical team to Kamal Adwan Hospital and successfully transferred four patients to European Gaza Hospital. The team also delivered essential medical supplies to Kamal Adwan Hospital and support the assessment of Al-Awda Hospital. WHO

• Video Length: 00:06:11
• Production Date: 2 May 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH SERVICES
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3203458
• Parent Id: 3203458
• Alternate Title: unifeed240502c

Description

STORY: WHO / NORTH GAZA HOSPITALS
TRT: 6:14
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 MAY 2024, NORTH GAZA

Shotlist

01 MAY 2024, KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL, NORTH GAZA

1. Various shots, WHO mission convoy arriving at the hospital and offloading medical supplies from convoy vehicles
2. Various shots of referral patients sitting in, and being escorted to the ambulance
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jana, Referral patient:
“I am very happy, I am getting treatment, and that am going to see life in its natural colours again, and actually go back to school and be able to see.”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Luca Pigozzi, Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Coordinator, WHO:
“Thanks to the funds from ECHO (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) and WHO together with one of the Emergency Medical Teams, was able to set up and properly support a new acute malnutrition and stabilisation centre in Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza. In fact, in this centre we are receiving more than 10 patients per week and we are able indeed to scale up in future also on the malnutrition response.”
5. Various shots, WHO, MSF and Cadus EMT mission team in discussion with the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital and health workers
6. Various shots, EMT members securing the young patient Nour to a stretcher and transporting her to the waiting ambulance
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasr Sa’ed, Nour’s mother:
“She has a rare disease; Wilson’s disease in the liver. She is having many complications; water retention in the liver, cirrhosis of the liver, and she’s now in a hepatic coma. I thank everyone who got involved in helping her get out for treatment. Thank you very much.”
8. Med shot, Nasr embracing Nour
9. Various shots, crowds nearby as the ambulance departs the hospital
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Hossam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital:
“I would like to say thank you very much to WHO and ECHO to support us with medical supplies and medical devices and also to help us to transfer from Kamal Adwan to the south.”

01 MAY 2024, AL-AWDA HOSPITAL, NORTH GAZA

11. Various shots, medical supplies being unloaded at the hospital
12. Various shots, WHO mission team in discussion with health workers
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Mohammed Salha, acting director of Al-Awda Hospital:
“Doctors from the Norwegian Foundation (NORWAC) came from Norway to perform surgeries at Al-Awda Hospital. Orthopaedic surgery to assist our doctors at Al-Awda Hospital, in addition to bringing some medical supplies and medications. We thank the donors who provided support to Al-Awda Hospital.”
14. Various shots, WHO, MSF and NORWAC EMTs in discussion with each other and hospital health workers
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Einar Gunnarsson, Surgeon, NORWAC EMT:
“I’m here on mission for NORWAC. We are primarily here to help the Palestinian people from this disaster they are experiencing so I look forward to working at the hospital for 14 days and I’m eager to get started.”
16.Wide shot, NORWAC EMT member saying goodbye as her deployment comes to an end.

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners facilitated the deployment of an international medical team to Kamal Adwan Hospital and successfully transferred four patients to European Gaza Hospital. The team also delivered essential medical supplies to Kamal Adwan Hospital and support the assessment of Al-Awda Hospital.