GENEVA: The International Red Cross and partners are opening a field hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday (May 14) to try to meet what it described as "overwhelming" demand for health services since Israel's military operation on Rafah began last week.
A logo of the International Committee of the Red Cross is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland on Mar 29, 2022. GENEVA: The International Red Cross and partners are opening a field hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday to try to meet what it described as"overwhelming" demand for health services since Israel's military operation on Rafah began last week.
"People in Gaza are struggling to access the medical care they urgently need due, in part, to the overwhelming demands for health services and the reduced number of functioning health facilities," the International Committee of the Red Cross said."Doctors and nurses have been working around the clock, but their capacity has been stretched beyond its limit."
"Medical staff are faced with people arriving with severe injuries, increasing communicable diseases which could lead to potential outbreaks, and complication related to chronic diseases untreated that should have been treated days earlier."
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