Gaza delays 4,000 surgeries due to increased demand

Due to the shortage of fuel, generators at seven health centres in the besieged Gaza Strip have stopped working [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has been forced to postpone 4,000 surgeries as a result of the increase in the number of Palestinians being injured by Israeli attacks on unarmed protesters taking part in the “Great March of Return”, Safa news agency reported yesterday.

READ: Israel killed 33, wounded 4,279 Gazans since 30 March

In a statement, the General Director of Gaza Hospitals Abdul-Latif Al-Haj said that many of the wounded in the “Great March of Return” needed complex surgeries.

Since the start of the peaceful sit-in of the “Great March of Return” on 30 March Israeli occupation forces have killed 41 Palestinians and wounded around 5,000 others, including 2,500 with live ammunition, most have needed urgent surgery.

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