Update from the Episcopal hospital in Gaza
Ahli is the only hospital in northern Gaza with active ICU beds, just three to serve an entire region in crisis. Every day, more than 600 outpatients arrive seeking care, and the burn unit treats 150 patients daily. The operating theater runs 17 hours a day, performing more than 450 surgeries each month, many with equipment barely holding together.
Immediate challenges are: severe damage to the hospital’s infrastructure—engineers estimate $1.6 million is needed for urgent repairs; critical shortages of essential supplies like surgical screws and orthopedic equipment, which are running out fast; and overwhelming demand for medical care from war-related injuries to patients with chronic illnesses who have nowhere else to turn.
Contact: Maureen Shea for the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem – www.afedj.org