WHO’s health supplies land in Egypt for Gaza

Cairo, Egypt – A airplane carrying 78 cubic meters of well being provides from WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai has landed at Al-Arish airport in Egypt.

The provides will probably be delivered to Gaza to satisfy essential well being wants as quickly as humanitarian entry by means of the Rafah crossing is established, WHO mentioned in a press release.

Each hour these provides stay on the Egyptian facet of the border, extra women and boys, girls, and males, particularly these weak or disabled, will die whereas provides that may save them are lower than 20 kilometers (12 miles) away.

The provides embody sufficient trauma medicines and well being provides to deal with 1,200 wounded sufferers and 1,500 sufferers affected by coronary heart illnesses, hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory issues, and fundamental important well being provides to serve the wants of 300,000 individuals, together with pregnant girls.

In addition they embody trauma pouches with sufficient medicines and provides to deal with 235 wounded individuals. With hospitals in Gaza both nonfunctional or overwhelmed, and motion restricted resulting from preventing, these will allow injured individuals to be stabilized and obtain speedy, lifesaving care anyplace it’s wanted.

WHO will work with the Egyptian and Palestinian Crimson Crescent Societies to make sure transportation and supply of the provides by means of Egypt and into Gaza.

On October 9, WHO Director-Common Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who agreed to a WHO request to facilitate the supply of well being and different humanitarian provides from WHO to Gaza by way of the Rafah crossing.

Whereas the Egyptian facet of the crossing is accessible, the Israeli facet stays closed.

The critically injured, the sick, and the weak can not wait. Too many lives have already been misplaced. WHO joins the requires a direct opening of a humanitarian crossing by means of the Rafah border into Gaza, for the protected onward supply of life-saving provides to well being services, for the supply of gasoline, water, meals, and different gadgets important for survival, and for the safety of well being care staff, sufferers, and civilians.