WHO / GAZA PUBLIC AID HOSPITAL

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners visited Public Aid Hospital in north Gaza to support the deployment of a specialized medical team and assessment of the MSF France clinic regarding wound care and rehabilitation services. WHO

• Video Length: 00:06:30
• Production Date: 14 June 2024
• Asset Language: English; Arabic
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH SERVICES
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3221223
• Parent Id: 3221223
• Alternate Title: unifeed240614l

Description

STORY: WHO / GAZA PUBLIC AID HOSPITAL
TRT: 6:30
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICITONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 JUNE 2024, GAZA

Shotlist

12 JUNE 2024, PUBLIC AID HOSPITAL, GAZA CITY

1. Various shots, WHO mission team arriving with the Specialised Medical Team (SMT) from Project HOPE, greeting and talking to local health workers outside and inside the hospital
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Athanasios Gargavanis, WHO Trauma surgeon & Emergency officer, WHO:
“Today, the World Health Organization made possible the deployment of a team of specialists, surgeons and nurses within Gaza City. With this team, we support the health system in Gaza City to be resuscitated and continue the lifesaving activities. WHO continues to support health systems in the entire Gaza Strip.”
3. Various shots in an operating theatre showing the SMT team working with local operating staff, operating on a patient; at one point during a power cut
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Osama Hamed, Surgeon, Project HOPE:
“The humanitarian situation is really bad. There's a significant shortage in food and supplies. And for the medical situation it's also it's very bad. There's very poor availability of medical supplies. The staff, the local staff, nurses and physicians are exhausted after nine months of extensive war and extensive injuries. We hope our presence here. As you can see, the electricity keep shutting down.... We hope our presence here would help the local staff to alleviate some of their – basically - problems and help them within the available resources. There is a very urgent need for people and NGOs to come to the north of Gaza because of the type of injuries that we're seeing, the type of cases that we're seeing.”
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Helles, Displaced person and patient:
“Of course, in light of these difficult circumstances, the scarcity of capabilities; lack of medicine, and it is difficult to the point where saline solution is not even available at the hospital, yet to be honest the medical staff from doctors to nurses are doing their job to the maximum.”
6. Various shots, Yamen in bed, being assessed by health workers
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mother of the injured child Yamen Al-Zerhi:
“Yamen was injured in the stomach, and his injury led to a rupture of his intestines in the duodenum. Here at the hospital, they tried to perform more than one surgery; they performed a first operation on him, and ten days later they performed a second operation, and a third operation. Every time they operate, they say we are trying and, and their attempts at these operations are on empty grounds; because there are no specialized doctors, and he needs a specialized doctor to treat him as he’s a child and his health condition is very sensitive, therefore it’s better for a specialized doctor to treat him. Even his treatment is not available, they are providing everything they can to the best of their abilities, but what he needs is not available.”
8. Close up, Yamen in bed sleeping
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mother of the injured child Yamen Al-Zerhi:
“I hope someone can transfer him out of here, so we can find a doctor that can treat him and provide him with treatment.”
10. Various shots, inside the hospital; blood being collected and analysed, a patient having her eyes checked
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Athanasios Gargavanis, WHO Trauma surgeon & Emergency officer, WHO:
“Today, the World Health Organization is in Gaza City, to support MSF France in the resumption of their activities. MSF France are working hard to resume physiotherapy and dressing services in the middle of the destroyed city. The World Health Organization is committed to support the health system in the entire Gaza Strip.”

12 JUNE 2024, MSF CLINIC, GAZA CITY

12. Various shots showing MSF team greeting and talking to WHO mission team, some medical supplies being delivered, inspection of the clinic’s examination and treatment rooms

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners visited Public Aid Hospital in north Gaza to support the deployment of a specialized medical team and assessment of the MSF France clinic regarding wound care and rehabilitation services.