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STORY: WHO / GAZA EL NAJAR HOSPITAL
TRT: 03:34
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 09 JANUARY 2023, RAFAH, GAZA
1. Various shots, internal and external shots of the over crowded hospital
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Munther Abu Sharkh, Doctor, El-Najar Hospital:
“We are receiving an unimaginable number of cases, aside from the injured people cases we are also receiving big numbers of sick people. The hospital cannot accommodate these numbers of patients. During regular days we used to receive a maximum number of 300 patients a day now we are getting a thousand with only 9 beds available at the hospital and 9 beds can’t handle a thousand patients a day.”
3. Med shot, patient on stretcher in overcrowded hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Munther Abu Sharkh, Doctor, El-Najar Hospital:
“The situation is out of control. We urge anyone, any entity that can provide us with medical services to hurry and urgently do so as the situation is catastrophic and completely out of hand.”
5. Various shots, patient being examined and treated by medical staff
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Wahbeh, Displaced person:
“When we were at Al-Aqsa hospital things were going fine, we had treatment and those who needed surgeries have had them, also my nephew Yousef had his surgery and had his leg amputated, also Yousef was supposed to daily go into surgery for wound dressing procedure.”
7. Med shot, young patient Yousef with amputation being covered with a blanket
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Wahbeh, Displaced person:
“Since yesterday and up until this moment we are staying here in this clinic, it’s not even an official place, we are basically in a corridor, and me and my sisters spent the night here, it was a very tough night. (Off camera: “why?” ) Because my family members are injured and they need their treatment and painkillers, but nothing is available here not their medicine and there’s no anesthesia available either.”
9. Med shot, young girl sitting on blankets
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Areej, Doctor, El-Najar Hospital:
“Honestly, the entire medical staff is trying to provide some privacy especially for women, because due to the hospital situation with its departments crowded and full, it’s hard to have some privacy in fact I don’t say that privacy has become permissible but the hospital’s situation is a huge factor of the lack of privacy. But frankly the situation for women is quite tough with these circumstances.”
11. Med shot, boy lying on stretcher
Heavy bombardment, movement restrictions, and interrupted communications are making it nearly impossible to deliver medical supplies regularly and safely across Gaza, particularly in the north.
Most hospitals are severely short-staffed, as health workers have left due to evacuation orders or insecurity. Meanwhile, patients' access to health facilities is impeded by perilous conditions. Without adequate health care, the suffering in Gaza is growing each hour.
