WHO evacuates child from Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners deployed an international emergency medical team and evacuated a child from Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza on Thursday (28 Mar). The emergency medical team – the first in northern Gaza – includes one general surgeon, one emergency doctor, one orthopedic surgeon and one anesthetist.

The evacuated patient is 12 years old with cystic fibrosis and in the next few days will be transferred abroad for further treatment. The hospital is serving 120 patients at the moment, with about 700 patients circulating daily, including those who are referred from Al-Ahli hospital.