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Referral of Patients from the Gaza Strip
Ref: RAD 11 (Dec. 18, 2012)
SUMMARY
Palestinian causalities in the Gaza Strip as a result of the eight days of hostilities, November 14-21, 2012:
- 182 persons killed in Gaza; 24 (13%) females and 158 (87%) males; 47 (26%) were children. More than 88% of the fatalities had sustained multiple injuries.
- 1,399 persons injured in Gaza; 392 (28%) females and 1,007 (72%) males; 516 (37%) were children.
Type of injuries: one third of all causalities suffered moderate to severe injuries; 483 required urgent surgery; 65 were admitted to intensive care units.
- Interrogated: 13 Gaza patients (2 F; 11 M) who had applied for permits in November to cross Erez checkpoint were requested to appear for Israeli security interviews.
- Delayed: 91 (29 F; 62 M) patients did not receive a response to their permit application and missed their hospital appointments.
- Referrals to Egypt: The number of regular referrals to Egypt increased during November despite the on-going physicians strike. 42 persons with war-related causalities crossed Rafah for treatment in Egypt, and several patients were transferred through Egypt to hospitals elsewhere in the region.
- Referrals to Jordan: Only two patients received financial coverage from the Ministry of Health for treatment in Jordanian hospitals.
- Medical reasons: Most November 2012 referrals were for: oncology (16%), nuclear medicine (10%), ophthalmology (8%) and urology (8%), paediatrics (7%), haematology (6%), neurosurgery (6%), orthopaedics (5%) and heart surgery (5%), and heart catheterization (4%). The estimated cost was NIS 9.6 million.
- Humanitarian access during hostilities: 45 out of 62 patients with approved permits crossed through Erez terminal during the 8 days of escalation, only one of which, a young girl, was a casualty. All other patients needed treatment abroad for other issues. 24 went to hospitals in the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and 21 were referrals to Israeli hospitals.
Document symbol: WHO_ReferralsNov2012
Download Document Files: https://unispal.un.org/pdfs/WHO_ReferralsNov2012.pdf
Document Type: Report
Document Sources: World Health Organization (WHO)
Subject: Access and movement, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief
Publication Date: 18/12/2012
Download Document Files: https://unispal.un.org/pdfs/WHO_ReferralsNov2012.pdf
Document Type: Report
Document Sources: World Health Organization (WHO)
Subject: Access and movement, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief
Publication Date: 18/12/2012