
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:
After 600 days of genocidal war… catastrophic indicators plague the health and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip:
- 22 hospitals out of 38 are out of service.
- 47% of essential medicines are completely out of stock; 65% of medical consumables are also completely out of stock.
- Only 30 primary healthcare centers are currently operational out of 105.
- Bed occupancy rate exceeds 106%.
- Only 50 operating rooms are functioning under catastrophic conditions, out of 104.
- 41% of kidney failure patients have died during the war.
- 477 patients died while waiting to travel abroad for medical treatment.
- 25 out of 34 oxygen stations have been destroyed, leaving only 9 stations partially operational.
- 12 out of 19 CT scan machines have been destroyed.
- 7 MRI machines have been completely destroyed, leaving Gaza entirely without diagnostic MRI capabilities.
- Severe shortage in medical imaging equipment.
- Only 49 out of 110 electric generators are functioning in hospitals across the Strip, all urgently in need of maintenance and fuel supply.
- 60 children have died due to malnutrition.
Ministry of Health
May 28, 2025
Mike