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STORY: WHO / GAZA RAFAH MATERNITY HOSPITAL
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 JANUARY 2024, AL-HELAL AL-EMIRATI MATERNITY HOSPITAL, RAFAH, GAZA STRIP
1. Various shots of neonatal babies being cared for in the Neonatal ICU
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Mohammad Salama, Head of Neonatal ICU, Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital:
“We are in a catastrophe stage right now because of war, as you see there are more than 60 patients, more than 65 patients in just 20 incubators. More than 2 to 3 patients in each incubator. The situation here is more than a catastrophe.”
3. Various shots, neonatal babies being cared for in the Neonatal ICU and UN staff in discussion with the doctor
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Mohammad Salama, Head of Neonatal ICU, Al-Helal Emirati Maternity Hospital:
“All of the team here work with no sufficient medication or equipment. Right now, right now, while we’re talking there are babies right ow that need mechanical ventilation and there is not enough mechanical ventilation as you see. All the mechanical ventilators are fully occupied and on the patients.”
5. Various shots, neonatal babies being cared for in the Neonatal ICU by healthcare workers
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Mohammad Salama, Head of Neonatal ICU, Al-Helal Emirati Maternity Hospital:
“We cannot deal with all patients and all the pregnant and all babies from all Gaza Strip. We care for right now, all Gaza Strip from A to Z.”
7. Close up, neonatal baby wrapped in blankets.
50,000 pregnant women at risk of not receiving adequate care in case of complications, due to the lack of access to hospitals. Hundreds of cases of miscarriages and premature births have been reported since the outbreak of hostilities, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
According to WHO, over 20,000 babies have been born into the war in Gaza
Dr Mohammad Salama, Head of Neonatal ICU, Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital, said, “We are in a catastrophe stage right now because of war, as you see there are more than 60 patients, more than 65 patients in just 20 incubators. More than 2 to 3 patients in each incubator. The situation here is more than a catastrophe.”
He added, “All of the team here work with no sufficient medication or equipment. Right now, right now, while we’re talking there are babies right ow that need mechanical ventilation and there is not enough mechanical ventilation as you see. All the mechanical ventilators are fully occupied and on the patients.”
Salama noted, “All of the team here work with no sufficient medication or equipment. Right now, right now, while we’re talking there are babies right ow that need mechanical ventilation and there is not enough mechanical ventilation as you see. All the mechanical ventilators are fully occupied and on the patients.”
According to UNICEF lead Nutrition Cluster, around 155,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women’s access to preventative and curative nutrition services are disrupted.
