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STORY: WHO / GAZA NASSER HOSPITAL
TRT: 03:27
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MAY 2025, NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX, KHAN YOUNIS
1. Various shots, exteriors, the busy hospital entrance, showing damage to the building
2. Various shots, busy hospital wards and corridors
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Arej Ahmed Al-Shaer, Emergency Department, Nasser Hospital:
“Now, after the European Hospital was taken out of service and given the fact it was covering large areas, Al-Nasser Hospital has become the only hospital covering the southern Gaza Strip and the pressure on it has increased significantly, which has led to a significant shortage in the medical staff and medical facilities as a result of the transfer of all surgical and internal cases from the European Hospital to Nasser Hospital.”
4. Medium shot, Arej Ahmed Al-Shaer talking to colleagues
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Arej Ahmed Al-Shaer, Emergency Department, Nasser Hospital:
“Recently, after the medical warehouse here at Nasser Hospital was damaged as a result of the recent repeated shelling of the hospital, this has led to a significant shortage of medical and pharmaceutical resources, leading to a shortage in prescriptions and availability of medications for patients and appropriate cases.”
6. Various shots, the hospital warehouse showing damage to medical supplies
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Arej Ahmed Al-Shaer, Emergency Department, Nasser Hospital:
“The closure of the crossings boarders has led to a shortage of essential medications such as painkillers and antibiotics, medications for chronic diseases, blood pressure, and diabetes. These medications, which patients cannot live without, have led to recurring health problems even greater than the ones they already suffer from.”
7. Various shots, Arej Ahmed Al-Shaer examining a young patient
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samaher Abu Jamea, displaced person:
“My children and I, along with nine other people came from Al-Zaneh to Khan Younis, there was no food, nothing to drink, no life at all. We sat in the street and my son got sick, I went to Al-Nasser hospital to treat him because we had no food and nothing to drink, he got sick and dizzy, I have no idea what to do to then. My other children are in the street and are also sick, and I can’t do anything.”
9. Various shots, Samaher Abu Jamea sitting next to her son who is lying on a hospital bed
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samaher Abu Jamea, displaced person:
“They are basically living on water, they keep crying, and I only have a nutritional supplement that I mix with some water, and that’s it, then I put them to sleep. I can’t do this anymore I can’t even process this, I want to scream right in the middle of the street seeking help, so someone can help us or provide us with some food.”
11. Medium shot, Samaher Abu Jamea sitting next to her son who is lying on a hospital bed
In southern Gaza, Nasser Medical Complex is overwhelmed by a surge of injured people, worsened by a new wave of displacement to Khan Younis. Nasser Medical Complex is very close to the evacuation zone under orders issued on 19 May. Continued hostilities and military presence inhibit patients from accessing care, obstruct staff from providing care, and prevent WHO and partners from resupplying hospitals.
