The war has now been going for more than two weeks and expectations of a ground invasion in Gaza are growing.
Hospitals across the Gaza Strip are scrounging for fuel stocks to keep the lights on in critical wards and continue to save the lives of the relentless stream of wounded patients.Serious shortages in other supplies, including ventilators, are forcing medical teams to prioritise the lives of those who can be saved for certain over severe cases that require complex care, said Dr Mohammed Qandeel, who works in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.“It’s heartbreaking,” he told The Associated Press.
“We have to choose who must face death, or manage them in regular wards or do some limited care because we think as a medical team, between two patients in a life-threatening situation, we have to give the ventilator to the patient who has a higher chance of improving in 24 hours.”Many departments in the hospital are plunged in darkness as medical staff allow electricity only in critical departments where patients risk death without it.
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