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STORY: WHO / GAZA FIELD HOSPITAL RAFAH
TRT: 6:01
Source: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 JANUARY AND 05 FEBRUARY 2024, RAFAH, GAZA
31 JANUARY 2024, IMC FIELD HOSPITAL, RAFAH, GAZA
1. Various shots, external shots of the field hospital
2. Wide shot, Health cluster partners walking through the field hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“The health cluster is under the leadership of the WHO, and on the ground currently in Gaza Strip, we have 42 partners that are implementing, directly and indirectly, health service provision for the affected population. IMC is one of the health cluster partners currently based in Rafah, and it's one of the first international NGOs to construct a field hospital in Rafah.”
4. Various shots, health workers interacting with displaced people
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“There are over 1 million displaced people in Rafah, of which many require health services, from nutrition to sexual and reproductive health, and to trauma care, non-communicable diseases, among others. This has put huge burden on the few hospitals that are currently in Rafah and as a result, IMC has constructed the field hospitals.”
6. Various shots, health cluster partners in discussion
7. IMC partner (English): “So this the cluster has provided assessment for all IYCF activities. What needs to be done and all this. So we follow this.”
8. IMC partner (English): “Then we've ended up not giving infant formula. The mother has been counselled and they're really happy, they come next and say. I didn't know I could produce this much milk. Now I don't need to do it. So this checklist is really instrumental.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“IMC provides a range of services from outpatient department to nutrition care, to sexual and reproductive health, to mental health and psychosocial, trauma care, emergency care, among others.”
10. Various shots, health workers interacting with adult and child patients
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“In terms of health care professional capacity. They have 250 healthcare professionals of different cadres, and that includes 22 internationals. So the response and the service provided in the field hospital is locally led by the local health care professional.”
12. Various shots, health cluster partners in discussion
05 FEBRUARY 2024, MSF BELGIUM MEDICAL POINT, RAFAH, GAZA
13. Various external shots showing the medical point
14. Various external shots of health cluster partners
15. Various shots of health workers interacting with patients
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“One of the health cluster partners has established a medical point in Rafah, at Al-Mawasi area where over 10,000 displaced people are currently residing.”
17. Various shots, health worker examining a young patient
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“This medical point caters for at least 250 patients a day, with majority of the cases being attended to are childhood illnesses, but also patients that have been previously diagnosed with non-communicable diseases.”
19. Various shots, health workers attending to a male patient with a head wound
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Husna Daffalla Gaza Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO:
“WHO has supported this partner with life-saving medicines and medical commodities for non-communicable diseases, childhood illnesses and trauma care.”
21. Various shots, health worker providing medication to a patient.
A World Health Organization (WHO) lead health cluster has 42 active partners operating in Gaza. The partners provide humanitarian health response through direct service delivery or provision of needed supplies.
Since the crisis began partners have supported in the management of more than 67,000 people injured with various levels of trauma care.
In addition to trauma and emergency care, partners have been supporting access to essential healthcare services such as primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health; rehabilitation, management of noncommunicable disease, outbreak preparedness and response.
Partners have deployed EMTs and set up field hospitals to support rising needs.
