A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in Gaza: WHO chief
Published: 06:11 AM,Nov 11,2023 | EDITED : 10:11 AM,Nov 11,2023
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council on Friday, warning:
'Nowhere and no one is safe.'
He said that half of Gaza's 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary healthcare centers were not functioning and those that were operating were way beyond their capacities, describing the healthcare system as being 'on its knees.'
'Hospital corridors crammed with the injured, the sick, the dying. Morgues overflowing. Surgery without anesthesia.
Tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering at hospitals,' Tedros told the 15-member council.
Israel has struck Gaza - an enclave of 2.3 million people - from the air, imposed a siege, and launched a ground invasion.
'On average, a child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza,' Tedros said.
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Ghebreyesus speech highlights
'Nowhere and no one is safe.'
He said that half of Gaza's 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary healthcare centers were not functioning and those that were operating were way beyond their capacities, describing the healthcare system as being 'on its knees.'
'Hospital corridors crammed with the injured, the sick, the dying. Morgues overflowing. Surgery without anesthesia.
Tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering at hospitals,' Tedros told the 15-member council.
Israel has struck Gaza - an enclave of 2.3 million people - from the air, imposed a siege, and launched a ground invasion.
'On average, a child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza,' Tedros said.
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Ghebreyesus speech highlights