WHO: ‘A lack of everything’ at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
7/4/2025 2:22:00 PM
Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in Palestine, said the hospital is seeing a daily influx of dozens of patients who are all wounded at the controversial food sites that are not run by the United Nations.
“The hospital is completely overflown with patients,” Peeperkorn told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, after visiting the facility yesterday.
He said there is “a lack of everything, including beds” at the hospital, which is running at nearly double its capacity. “There used to be an intensive care unit with only 15 patients – now there are more than 60 patients on the ICU.”
The desperate situation has led to the creation of makeshift, ad hoc units to treat those in need, Peeperkorn added.
“We saw patients on the floor being intubated, on the stretchers, etc,” he said. “It’s incredible.”
“The hospital is completely overflown with patients,” Peeperkorn told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, after visiting the facility yesterday.
He said there is “a lack of everything, including beds” at the hospital, which is running at nearly double its capacity. “There used to be an intensive care unit with only 15 patients – now there are more than 60 patients on the ICU.”
The desperate situation has led to the creation of makeshift, ad hoc units to treat those in need, Peeperkorn added.
“We saw patients on the floor being intubated, on the stretchers, etc,” he said. “It’s incredible.”