Few remaining operational hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed: ministry

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Gaza’s health ministry reports that the al-Shifa Hospital, al-Rantisi Hospital, Nasser Hospital and al-Ahli Arab Hospital are all now hosting several times the number of people than they can accommodate with their existing hospital beds, Al Jazeera reports.

“Hospitals resort to spreading beds in corridors and on floors to accommodate the increase in patient and injury numbers,” the ministry said in a statement.

It also renewed its urgent appeal to the international community, UN agencies and humanitarian organisations to provide “immediate and effective support” to assist the collapsed healthcare sector in besieged Gaza.

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