Coverage dated October 16, 2023

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system – the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

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Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a Palestinian health specialist.

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The Conversation US
Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system – the siege has pushed it into abject crisis (opens The Conversation US)
Published Oct 16, 2023
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Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a Palestinian health specialist.
Fortune
The WHO called Israel's evacuation of Gaza hospitals a 'death sentence.' Palestinian health expert says it was underfunded for a century before Israel's blockade (opens Fortune)
Published Oct 16, 2023
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Yara Asi, who has worked with medical professionals from Gaza, says health services were in poor shape for decades before the 16-year blockade imposed by Israel.
UPI
Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system (opens UPI)
Published Oct 16, 2023
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For many patients in Gaza's besieged north, the order to evacuate from hospital beds and head south amounts to a "death sentence."

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