WHO voices concern over crumbling Gaza Healthcare

"This adverse situation is not like Haiti. Haiti has been destroyed by an earthquake.... The circumstances here are entirely man-made and can be fixed accordingly," he added.

The comments were echoed by those of WHO, which says the embargo has made certain medication scarce, delayed or blocked the entry of vital equipment and spare parts, and kept doctors and nurses from pursuing advanced training, AFP added.

Referring to the occupation army's recurring refusal to allow numerous Palestinian requests for decent medical attention, Tony Laurence, the organization's head for the Palestinian territories said, "If that happened in my country, in the UK, in Europe, in ‘Israel', if an individual who needed urgent treatment was unable to get out because of a bureaucratic obstacle, it would be a scandal."

"Here it happens to 300 or 400 people every month," he added. WHO figures revealed that some 231 such applications were denied by the enemy officials last month. The world body claims 27 Palestinians died last year, queuing up for the permission.

Patients at Gaza's main Al-Shaifa hospital which is reportedly in a near-collapse condition are dying due to lack of medical specialists and basic medical equipment. The hospital is not safe from the threat of Zionist military offensives. Enemy intelligence sources claim that Palestinian fighters were hiding in its basement.

Only last week, enemy occupation forces attacked a clinic and children's hospital. The attack on the al-Dorra children's hospital was in defiance of a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.