Saturday 15 June 2024
New York (Urdu Point Latest News - NNI. June 15, 2024) The United Nations World Health Organization has expressed concern over the growing health crisis in the occupied West Bank, saying that sanctions and attacks on health infrastructure are rapidly affecting medical They are creating obstacles in the delivery of aid. According to Urdu News, the World Health Organization (WHO) has also demanded immediate protection of citizens and health care in the West Bank.
In the statement, the World Health Organization has said that since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, there has been an increase in violence in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, as a result of which 521 Palestinians, including 126 children, have been martyred as of June 10. Palestinian officials have said the death toll is higher in the West Bank and that 545 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since the Gaza war began.
According to WHO data, in addition to the deaths, more than 5,200 people were injured in the West Bank, including 800 children. The WHO has said that health centers in the West Bank are facing increasing attacks. The WHO added that it had documented 480 attacks in the West Bank between October 7 and May 28, including attacks on health centers and ambulances, as well as the detention of health workers and patients.
The attacks killed 16 people and wounded 95. Meanwhile, the closure of checkpoints, insecurity and sieges have sharply limited transportation within the West Bank, making access to medical aid even more difficult. The WHO said the long-running financial crisis facing the Palestinian Authority has further strained the health system, with health workers receiving only half of their salaries for nearly a year and 45 percent The stock of essential medicines has also been depleted.
Hospitals are operating at only 70 percent of capacity. It has also become difficult for patients to seek medical care outside the West Bank, with 44 percent of requests to go to health centers in occupied Jerusalem and Israel since October 7 being rejected or rejected. are pending.
