WHO / GAZA AL-SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX

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On Wednesday, in another high-risk joint mission, a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN partners reached Al Shifa hospital in the north of Gaza. The initial plan was to deliver fuel to both facilities but had to shift to supplies only due to lack of safety guarantees in place and clearance issues. WHO
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STORY: WHO / GAZA AL-SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX
TRT: 03:22
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 DECEMBER 2023, AL-SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX, GAZA, PALESTINE

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20 DECEMBER 2023, AL-SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX, GAZA, PALESTINE

1. Wide shot, exterior, busy medical complex
2. Various shots, hospital building showing crowded corridors and damage to the building
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I'm in Al Shifa hospital again, where I was four days ago, and we're currently in a surgical building where two days ago, 12 people, people who were living here were killed when the hospital received shelling and other fire. You can see the bullet holes in the windows and in the building behind me. This morning here in Al Shifa hospital, one person was killed in the courtyard of the hospital, apparently by a sniper. At the same time, the hospital is running out of fuel, it has very few staff.”
4. Various shots, medical supplies delivery
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We've just brought some additional medical supplies, and we talked about bringing in a team of surgeons and, additional providers, doctors, nurses. But actually with that staff said is what the hospital first needs is fuel. Fuel is the blood of a hospital. That's what makes the generator run with keep the lights on, which makes all the machines work. And until we can get fuel here, bringing a team of surgeons, surgical equipment is going to do very little. Mostly what they're doing here is trauma stabilization, providing some pain management, some wound care. But how can the hospital function without fuel and when it's coming under attack?”
6. Various shots, hospital building showing dark corridors and damage to the building
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I'm standing in the surgical building of Al Shifa hospital, where two days ago, this hospital was hit by artillery shells. And you can see the gaping hole in the wall behind me. And the absolute destruction from this attack on Gaza's largest hospital and most important health care facility. Not only is this a surgical building where normally 20 operating theatres would function, but currently it's home to thousands of internally displaced persons who are coming under attack on the grounds of a hospital.”
8. Tracking shot, damaged corridors and rooms
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“It's completely unacceptable for patients and hospital staff to be unsafe in what should be the safest place for anybody who is in need of care.”
10. Travelling shot, damaged buildings

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On Wednesday (20 Dec) in another high-risk joint mission, a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN partners reached Al Shifa hospital in the north of Gaza. The initial plan was to deliver fuel to both facilities but had to shift to supplies only due to lack of safety guarantees in place and clearance issues.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I'm in Al-Shifa hospital again, where I was four days ago, and we're currently in a surgical building where two days ago, 12 people, people who were living here were killed when the hospital received shelling and other fire. You can see the bullet holes in the windows and in the building behind me. This morning here in Al Shifa hospital, one person was killed in the courtyard of the hospital, apparently by a sniper. At the same time, the hospital is running out of fuel, it has very few staff.”

The teams, which included the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), delivered 7 pallets of medical supplies for surgery and wound treatment, supplies to support women during birth delivery, IV fluids and medicines. They witnessed the impact of the recent attacks on both health facilities and the level of destruction.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We've just brought some additional medical supplies, and we talked about bringing in a team of surgeons and, additional providers, doctors, nurses. But actually with that staff said is what the hospital first needs is fuel. Fuel is the blood of a hospital. That's what makes the generator run with keep the lights on, which makes all the machines work. And until we can get fuel here, bringing a team of surgeons, surgical equipment is going to do very little. Mostly what they're doing here is trauma stabilization, providing some pain management, some wound care. But how can the hospital function without fuel and when it's coming under attack?”

Only 9 out of 36 health facilities are partially functional for the whole of Gaza. All of these in the south. There are no functional hospitals left in the north. These hospitals are still sheltering thousands of displaced people.

“I'm standing in the surgical building of Al Shifa hospital, where two days ago, this hospital was hit by artillery shells. And you can see the gaping hole in the wall behind me. And the absolute destruction from this attack on Gaza's largest hospital and most important health care facility. Not only is this a surgical building where normally 20 operating theatres would function, but currently it's home to thousands of internally displaced persons who are coming under attack on the grounds of a hospital.”

WHO will keep striving to supply health facilities in northern Gaza. But without fuel, staff, and other essential needs, medicines won’t make a difference and all patients will die slowly and painfully.
Over 20,000 people have now been killed in the hostilities in Gaza. This is almost 1 percent of the entire population.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Casey, Emergency Medical Team Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO):
“It's completely unacceptable for patients and hospital staff to be unsafe in what should be the safest place for anybody who is in need of care.”

WHO calls again for a humanitarian ceasefire. This is needed now to reinforce and restock remaining health facilities, deliver medical services needed by thousands of injured people and those needing other essential care, and, above all, to stop the bloodshed and death.
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