GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Gaza’s health ministry has warned of an imminent collapse of hospital services, as acute shortages of oil and spare parts for electricity generators threaten to bring them to a complete halt soon.
At a news conference on Sunday, a health official announced that 90 generators are completely out of service, 38 are running on limited oil supplies, and 11 require urgent maintenance.
According to the ministry, Gaza’s hospitals remain heavily dependent on generators amid ongoing power outages.
The ministry stressed that the shutdown of generators would directly impact vital hospital departments, foremost among them intensive care units, neonatal wards, and dialysis sections, posing a threat to patients’ lives and worsening the already dire health conditions inside medical facilities.
The ministry noted that electricity cuts, coupled with voltage fluctuations and reliance on unstable energy sources, also lead to the spoilage of sensitive medicines, vaccines, and blood units, in addition to the malfunction of precision medical equipment.
“Surgical procedures are now restricted to emergency cases only, as hospitals face declining operational capacity, an issue that intensifies patients’ suffering and delays the delivery of essential medical care,” the ministry said.
The ministry appealed to humanitarian, rights, and health organizations to intervene swiftly to supply Gaza’s hospitals with oil and spare parts to keep their generators running.
