The increasingly difficult humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has a significant impact on pregnant women.
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With our special envoy in Jerusalem, Guilhem Delteil
What was once a training center in Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip, today hosts tens of thousands of displaced people. But as one of them testifies, the food is insufficient, as is the water. And the consequences are dramatic for pregnant women.
“ One of the pregnant women lost her child. Because there is no water… And there is no ambulance to pick you up and take you to the hospital », testifies this woman.
According to the UN, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still live in the northern Gaza Strip. Because they don’t want to or can’t leave. Pregnant women in particular, for whom a walk of several hours is not possible.
But there are no longer many medical facilities for their delivery, testifies Dr Ahmed Muhanna, director of Al Awda hospital in Jabaliya, in a message sent via Palestinian activists. “ Today, our mandate is to work with pregnant and injured women. Because hospitals in Gaza City and the northern zone are out of service. We deliver around 20 women a day. Caesarean sections and spontaneous normal deliveries. »
But the hospital no longer has electricity. It is by flashlight that all these deliveries are carried out. And premature babies cannot be placed in an incubator.
