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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem

‘We cannot operate, we have no drugs’: Gaza’s indirect casualties mount as health service decimated

Crowds of displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of al-Shifa hospital
Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of al-Shifa hospital in December. The facility has restarted basic services. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Health services in Gaza are “decimated”, with medical staff exhausted after three months of war forced to extract shrapnel without adequate pain relief, conduct amputations without anaesthetics and watch children die of cancers because of a lack of facilities and medicine.

Dozens of interviews with doctors and medical administrators in Gaza reveal a catastrophic and deteriorating situation as health services struggle to cope with tens of thousands of casualties of the continuing Israeli offensive in the territory and the effects of the acute humanitarian crisis.

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