In the meantime, UN agencies confirmed the death of three Palestinians of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disease that can cause sudden muscle weakness and even paralysis.
Before the war broke out in Gaza in October 2023, only a handful of things popped up every year.
Mass victims now the norm
“Hospitals are overwhelmed by massive victims incidents, with an average of eight incidents per day,” said the UN help coordination agency, Ochastating health partners.
In an update on the terrible health crisis in Gaza, OCA noted that specialized rehabilitation facilities were also overloaded to treat complex trauma injuries and cases of Guillain-Barré.
To date, three deaths from around 64 cases of GBS have been confirmed by the health authorities in Gaza. Two of the deceased were children.
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), 30 percent of GBS patients need Intensive Care, but there is no available stock of the primary medication needed to treat it, intravenous immunoglobulin.
AID-drops are insufficient: WFP
In a related development, the UN World Food Program (WFP) repeated repeated calls for help to overflow to Gaza, in contrast to the very limited amounts permitted by the Israeli authorities.
‘We cannot sky our way from a unfolding famine. Not in Gaza“Cindy McCain, WFP executing director was in a social media post at the end of Wednesday.
The Chief of the UN agency underlined that “500,000 people starve today” and the only way to help them are to get food on a scale and per country.
“We can’t afford to wait; Gaza is eating out and out of time,” said Mrs. McCain.
Who has destroyed
The destruction of whose most important medical warehouse in an attack on Deir Al-Balah continues to influence at the end of last month will continue to influence life-saving care.
In particular, the critical shortage of antibiotics has impeded the treatment of meningitis, the numbers of which are now in the hundreds – “”The highest number included since the start of the escalation”, The OCHA update noticed.
Insulation measures have been implemented, including the separation of the external department of Al Khair Hospital of the Nasser Medical Complex and the establishment of insulation tents in the AL AQSA hospital to safely manage suspicious cases.
Explosive weapons such as bombs and grenades account for 83 percent of medical consultations, OCA said.
The partner NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called data, whose data covered more than 200,000 medical consultations in six health facilities supported by MSF in Gaza in 2024.
The partner NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called data, whose data covered more than 200,000 medical consultations in six health facilities supported by MSF in Gaza in 2024.
What is Guillain-Barré syndrome?
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a neurological and autoimmune disease that influences the nervous system and causes progressive muscle paralysis. It is not contagious and is often activated by an earlier infection – viral or bacterial – that disrupts the immune system.
In most cases, patients can fully recover within a few weeks. But he emphasized that even in the best healthcare institutions, three to five percent of patients die from complications of the disease, such as breathing muscle paralysis, sepsis, pulmonary embolism or cardiac arrest.
There have been various outbreaks of infectious diseases in Gaza Because the war broke out after Hamas-conducted terrorist attacks in Israel, including Polio, Cholera, Hepatitis A and Scab.
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