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STORY: WHO / GAZA NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX
TRT: 2:52
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTION: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGAUGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 JUNE 2024, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
1. Various shots, WHO medical supply lorries arriving, being unloaded and the various medical supplies being moved to a warehouse
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Murad Abed, WHO Trauma Officer:
“Today we supported the kidney dialysis department at Nasser Hospital with 15 haemodialysis machines along with the supplies and reagents that will cover more than 250 patients for 6 months.”
3. Various shots, in temporary dialysis unit; dialysis patients, WHO team members in discussion with health workers
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Hani Barbaq, Head of Dialysis, Nasser Medical Complex:
“This unit now contains twenty-three dialysis machines. WHO played a major role in bringing fifteen devices, and this helped us greatly in re-opening the unit. Opening this unit again became an urgent necessity, especially after Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital went out of service as a result of the invasion of Rafah. The place as you can see is very crowded and it’s providing service to about two hundred fifty patients suffering from chronic kidney failure.”
5. Various shots, dialysis patients, equipment, family members
The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated support from several international partners to get Nasser Medical Complex operational again. WHO provided the medical supplies and fuel, along with coordination support, while partners have worked with hospital staff to relaunch various sections of the hospital, including the dialysis department, where WHO has provided 15 haemodialysis machines and medical supplies to support more than 250 patients for the next 6 months.
