Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions, says Red Cross – Israel-Gaza war live

The ICRC said ‘the scale and frequency of these incidents are without precedent’The Red Cross has warned that a sharp surge in mass casualty incidents linked to aid distribution sites has overwhelmed Gaza’s healthcare system – which is pushing their already limited resources and capacity.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement that its field hospital in south Gaza recorded 200 deaths since the new aid distribution sites were launched in late May. The facility also treated more than 2,200 “weapon-wounded patients, most of them across more than 21 separate mass casualty events”, it added.Physiotherapists support nurses, cleaning and dressing wounds and taking vitals. Cleaners now serve as orderlies, carrying stretchers wherever they are needed. Midwives have stepped into palliative care. Continue reading...

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