Hello,
Since we updated you on the attacks in southern Gaza last week, over a hundred more injured patients have arrived at Nasser Hospital—the only functioning hospital left in southern Gaza. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff are attempting to treat patients and save lives amid chaotic and dangerous conditions.
“The situation at Nasser Hospital is catastrophic and the flow of patients has not stopped since the morning [of July 22],” says Ahmad Abu Warda, MSF medical activity manager at Nasser Hospital. “Whole families are coming, either dead or injured. We are trying to cope with big numbers that no one can cope with.”
All the beds are occupied, and patients are often forced to share beds. The continued airstrikes and fighting are putting a strain on our supplies allocated for maternity, trauma, burn, and other healthcare services. As medical humanitarian needs around the world continue to rise, we urgently need your help to deliver care to those who need it most.
Please rush an emergency gift as we continue to respond on the ground in Gaza and in more than 70 countries around the world.
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Thank you for supporting our staff in this incredibly challenging moment. In case you missed it, you can read our longer update from last week on the deteriorating situation at Nasser Hospital—and how MSF is helping with your support.
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From: Doctors Without Borders
Date: Mon, July 15, 2024
BREAKING: MSF teams treat over 100 patients in mass casualty incident in Gaza |
“I have never seen a mass casualty event like [it]. Every corner in the hospital was busy. Every space was occupied by the injured or bodies of the dead,” says Dr. Mohammad Abu Mughaiseb, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) deputy medical coordinator in Nasser Hospital, Gaza.
On the morning of July 13, Israeli forces’ airstrikes hit an area in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, where displaced civilians were sheltering in the designated safe zone. The number of those killed remains to be confirmed, and hundreds were injured. MSF teams at Nasser Hospital, including our staff in the maternity ward, supported the mass casualty response, treating over 100 patients.
Despite a devastated health system, MSF teams across Gaza continue to provide surgical care, mental health support, malnutrition treatment, and more, but the needs are immense. In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti, and around the world, MSF remains committed to providing medical humanitarian aid to those who need it most. Donate today to support our lifesaving care in over 70 countries worldwide.
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MSF staff reported feeling the ground and the building shake when the airstrikes began. Within minutes of the attack, ambulances started arriving at Nasser Hospital, and the team launched a mass casualty plan.
“Because we don’t usually receive trauma patients in the maternity and pediatric wards, we were not prepared for this [mass casualty incident]. But the emergency department was so full and overwhelmed that the patients had nowhere else to go,” says Amy Kit-Mei Low, nurse and MSF Project Medical Referent at Nasser Hospital. “We are over capacity and the quality of care is going down due to the lack of supplies and space. How do you keep the intravenous line clean? How do you do all this if you have no gloves or chlorine? The situation [on Saturday] was horrific."
MSF reiterates our call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire now.
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Thank you for your commitment to saving lives. We couldn’t do this work without you.
With gratitude,
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
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