Ashraf al-Qader, the director of Public Relations and Information Department in Gaza’s Health Ministry, said "infant incubators, dialysis machines, hematology laboratories, cardiac catheterization units, ICUs, in addition to diagnostic radiology units will be prone to the drug deficiency."
He added that "the paucity of medicines reached its peak in March, whereas 186 varieties of drugs as well as 200 varieties of medical disposables have finished."
Last month, Gaza’s only power plant was forced to shut down after it ran out of fuel, putting hospital patients at risk due to constant power outages.
Rights organizations have criticized Israel for imposing a crippling blockade on the coastal enclave, saying that the measure is directly targeting ordinary Gazans.
In June 2007, Israel placed the territory under siege and imposed an unprecedented blockade on nearly all movement and supplies in and out of the sliver.
Poverty, unemployment, lack of medicine and medical equipment are the main issues in the Gaza Strip, while most children are physically stunted over malnutrition.
source : http://abna.ir
