The British newspaper, The Guardian, revealed that thousands of wounded people in the Gaza Strip are being treated in dire humanitarian conditions due to a severe shortage of medicines and painkillers. This forces doctors to perform surgeries without adequate anesthesia and ration painkillers among patients.
The newspaper quoted doctors at Nasser Hospital in Gaza City as saying that some wounded people receive only one painkiller injection per day, often at night to enable them to sleep, while they spend the rest of the day in pain.
The newspaper noted that doctors are forced to use alternative substances such as ketamine, but their effect is short-lived and insufficient for critical cases.
According to the report, since October 7, 2023, more than 167,000 Palestinians have been injured, including burns, fractures, amputations, and explosion injuries, increasing the enormous pressure on Gaza’s crumbling health system.
The newspaper reported that more than half of the World Health Organization’s missions to bring in medicines and fuel and evacuate patients since January 2024 have been delayed, rejected, or canceled, exacerbating the health sector’s crisis.
