Gazans with injuries wait for medical evacuation as health system crumbles
Thousands of Gazans with wartime injuries or life-threatening diseases are waiting for medical evacuation as the health system deteriorates.
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Thousands of Gazans with wartime injuries or life-threatening diseases are waiting for medical treatment abroad, eight months after the ceasefire. The enclave's healthcare system remains unrepaired, and international aid agencies say Israel is still restricting the supply of drugs and equipment into Gaza. Cancer and dialysis patients are left without the treatment they need. Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 300 people have died waiting for medical evacuation and that 15,000 others are waiting for host country placements and security clearances.
For Gaza's doctors, a prescription for medical evacuation is often the last line of treatment. But thousands of patients too sick for local care face months of waiting for placements abroad. One of them is 14-year-old Muath, who needs treatment for his leg, amputated after an airstrike, and for spinal cancer. His mother said: "Until now, we are still waiting. There are no medicines and no doctors who understand my son's condition. I appeal to the whole world to look at him. His childhood is gone."
Aid agencies say the long list of evacuees is a sign of crisis. Hospitals are rationing kidney dialysis, giving it only once a week instead of every couple of days. The same is true for cancer patients. Israel responded by saying 17,000 tons of medical aid had entered Gaza since the ceasefire, including wheelchairs, cancer medications, and X-ray and dialysis machines, and that it had approved every request for medicines submitted by international aid organizations.
Amina Abu Al Qas was referred for evacuation, and her son Saba said it felt like the beginning of a new life. But the family waited for news of her placement and security checks. "We waited a long time, but no response came. My mother died several weeks ago, and two weeks after her death, I got a call from the hospital informing me that her paperwork was ready." She is one of 300 people the health ministry says have died waiting. Saba said: "People say at least she's at peace. That sums up everything, because a patient in Gaza is different from any patient elsewhere in the world."
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| Claim | BBC One |
|---|---|
| 15,000 people are waiting for host country placements and security clearances. | |
| Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry reported 300 deaths waiting for medical evacuation. | |
| Israel said 17,000 tons of medical aid had entered Gaza since the ceasefire. |
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The report focused on the human cost of the medical evacuation crisis, using personal stories of patients like Muath and Amina Abu Al Qas to illustrate the delays and suffering. It balanced the humanitarian narrative with official responses from Israel and the health ministry, but the tone was sympathetic to the patients and critical of the bureaucratic and medical system failures.
- “Until now, we are still waiting. There are no medicines and no doctors who understand my son's condition. I appeal to the whole world to look at him. His childhood is gone.”
- “We waited a long time, but no response came. My mother died several weeks ago, and two weeks after her death, I got a call from the hospital informing me that her paperwork was ready.”
- “People say at least she's at peace. That sums up everything, because a patient in Gaza is different from any patient elsewhere in the world.”
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