Gaza Hospitals Face Imminent Collapse as Starving Doctors Faint, Patient Care Deteriorates
Gaza Hospitals Face Imminent Collapse as Starving Doctors Faint, Patient Care Deteriorates
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a critical new low, with medical staff reporting severe hunger is leaving them too weak to provide essential care. Doctors and nurses across the territory are collapsing from exhaustion and starvation, directly impacting the ability to treat malnourished and injured civilians.
Reports from multiple medical professionals confirm a desperate search for food, with many going days without meals. Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of al-Shifa hospital, stated staff are in “extreme exhaustion,” some fainting in operating rooms. This alarming situation is leading to a surge in post-surgical complications and an increase in patients suffering from malnutrition-related conditions like gastroenteritis and low blood sugar. Tragic reports indicate 21 children have died in the past three days alone due to malnutrition and starvation.
Medical personnel face agonizing choices: remain at their posts without sustenance or leave to find food for their families in a landscape where aid is scarce and dangerous to access. The UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini, has corroborated reports of healthcare workers fainting from hunger.
Gaza’s healthcare system, already decimated by 23 months of conflict with 94% of hospitals damaged or destroyed, is now on the brink of complete collapse due to the starvation of its dedicated workforce. Urgent international action is demanded to avert further catastrophe.
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