More Than 600 Medications Missing In Gaza

Local Editor

Gazans once again and due to the crippling siege imposed on the coastal enclave suffer shortage in medication and medical supplies, including essential medicines such as those related to cardiac and blood diseases.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that more than 602 types of medications and medical supplies are not found in Gaza, including several essential types such as heart medications and medications used by patients who suffer from anemia.

According to the ministry, by the end of 2012, the Gaza Strip ran out of 160 types of medications and 442 types of medical supplies, adding that most of the missing medications and supplies are urgently needed as they are used in Intensive Care units, anesthesia, urgent care, kidney failure treatment, and several other sorts of health condition.

Moreover, the ministry warned that all heart cauterization procedures could stop at any given moment due to the lack of supplies, adding that surgeons will not be able to perform any type of heart surgery.
It also stated that the lack of medications impacted the health of pregnant women, infants and children, and warned that hundreds of patients could die if the "Israeli" blockade continues.

Hundreds of patients died in hospitals in the Gaza Strip, since "Israeli" imposed its deadly siege on Gaza in mid-2006, due to the lack of medications, medical equipment and supplies as the "Israeli" siege left Gaza's medical centers out of urgently needed supplies.

Source: IMEMC, edited by moqawama.org