Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, said that the situation in the hospital is extremely dangerous, emphasizing that there are patients in the intensive care unit and others awaiting surgery, and access to the operating rooms is only possible after restoring electricity and oxygen supplies.
In a press statement on Sunday, Abu Safiya said that after the recent attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which involved over 100 shells and bombs targeting the hospital buildings randomly, the damage was severe. He added that one of the hospital’s buildings is still without electricity, oxygen, or water. Random shelling continues in the surrounding area, “preventing us from making repairs to the oxygen, electricity, and water networks, as power and water outages persist.”
He issued an urgent appeal to the international community for help, noting that there are 112 injured individuals, including six in intensive care and 14 children. He stated that there are several patients in the emergency room wounded in the shelling, waiting to be admitted since the departments are full.
Abu Safiya described the situation as critical, noting that the shelling and shooting have not ceased; planes are dropping bombs around the clock. “We are unsure of what awaits us and what the army wants from the hospital.”
He continued, “We have called on the world to protect the healthcare system and its workers; however, we have not received any response from anyone. This represents a humanitarian disaster occurring against healthcare workers and patients. Unfortunately, it seems there are no efforts to stop this ongoing attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital and the healthcare system as a whole.”
