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Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured 14 October 2023 Statement Reading time: 2 min (433 words) As the United Nation’s agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe. The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated.

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Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured 14 October 2023 Statement Reading time: 2 min (433 words) As the United Nation’s agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe. The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated.
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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (luckytran@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 05:44:21 JST Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

WHO: "Health workers are now facing an agonizing choice: abandon critically ill patients amid a bombing campaign, put their own lives at risk while remaining on site to treat patients, or endanger their patients’ lives while attempting to transport them to facilities that have no capacity to receive them.
Overwhelmingly, caregivers have chosen to stay behind & honor their oaths as health professionals to “do no harm,” rather than risk moving their critically ill patients during evacuations."

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