World Health Organization (WHO) – oPt Emergency Situation Update – Issue 37 – (7 Oct 2023 – 22 July 2024)

22 July 2024

Overview:

Of the 16 partially functional hospitals, 11 are partially accessible due to insecurity or physical barriers, such as damage to both patient and ambulance entrances, and surrounding roads.

• Evacuation orders continue to disrupt the functionality of health facilities:

• Four PHCs and two medical points are affected by the evacuation order announced on 22 July 2024.
• Patient Friends Benevolent Society (PFBS) Hospital (28 beds) resumed basic emergency care on 13 July, followed by partial provision of health services on 17 July, including inpatient and maternity services, and management of severe acute malnutrition.
• European Gaza Hospital (EGH) (650 inpatient beds) remains out of service, since 1 July. Efforts are ongoing to restore functionality.
• No functioning hospitals in Rafah for over seven weeks, jeopardizing access to health for, approximately, 20,000 Gazans residing in the governorate.

• A total of eight operational field hospitals (FH) in the Gaza Strip:

• Rafah: the ICRC FH is fully functional, while the UAE FH operates at partial functionality with access restrictions due to ongoing siege and hostilities.
• Khan Younis: the UK-Med and Jordanian FHs are fully functional, while Al-Quds, Kuwait ‘Heal Palestine’, and PRCS Kuwaiti FHs are partially functional.
• Deir Al-Balah: the IMC FH is fully functional