Gaza European Hospital Explained

European Gaza Hospital
مستشفى غزة الاوروبي
Coordinates:31.304°N 34.3199°W
Location:Al-Fukhari
Region:Gaza Strip
Country:Palestine
Funding:UNRWA
Type:hospital
Constructed:1989

The European Hospital is a public hospital in Al-Fukhari near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine. It was founded by the UNRWA with a grant from the European Union in 1989.

Initial construction costs for the 232-bed European Hospital were estimated at $45 million. The goal was providing primary and secondary healthcare for Gaza residents. [1] The hospital was still under construction in 1999.[2]

In 2019, the hospital served an estimated 17,500 patients a month. It is one of the three main referral hospitals in the Gaza Strip. According to a UNDP report, the hospital provides laboratory services, imaging services (CT, MRI, X-ray), intensive care units, and specialised surgeries.[3]

2023 Israel-Hamas war

See also: Attacks on health facilities during the Israel–Hamas war. On 31 October 2023, Israeli air raids targeted the vicinity of the European Hospital.[4] On 13 November Tom Potokar, chief Red Crescent surgeon at the hospital, wrote on Twitter that he was treating many patients for shrapnel wounds. [5]

On 19 November, after the Al-Shifa Hospital siege ended with Israeli forces controlling Al-Shifa Hospital, the World Health Organization stated it was planning missions to transport the remaining Al-Shifa patients to the European Hospital and Nasser Medical Complex in the next 2-3 days.[6] On 23 November, the head of the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee at the Indonesia Hospital stated that patients and staff at Indonesia Hospital had been evacuated to the European Hospital.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brynen, Rex . A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza . United States Institute of Peace Press . 2000 . 196 . 9781929223046 .
  2. Book: Ishac . Diwan . Ishac Diwan . Radwan A. . Shaban . Development Under Adversity: The Palestinian Economy in Transition . Mustafa . Barghouthi . Mustafa Barghouti . Jean . Lennock . Radwan A. . Shaban . Managing the Growth of the Health Sector . 1999 . The World Bank . 174 .
  3. Web site: June 2019  . Solar Electrification of the Health System in the Gaza Strip: Opportunities & Challenges  . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231214111323/https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/migration/ps/UNDP-papp-research-SEHReport.pdf . 14 December 2023 . 18 October 2023 . UNPD.org  . United Nations Development Programme  . 31-32 .
  4. Web site: Joseph . Stepansky . Farah . Najjar . Dozens killed in Israeli air attack on refugee camp, Gaza officials say . 2023-10-31 . Al Jazeera . en.
  5. Web site: Surgeon Dr. Tom Potokar shares on the situation from European Hospital, Gaza. . X . International Committee of the Red Cross . 13 November 2023 . 13 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113235546/https://twitter.com/ICRC/status/1724163278572597395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1724163278572597395%7Ctwgr%5E78a7cd78ba86ee0532e86d8148dc1907f48297a9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/13/israel-hamas-war-live-gazas-two-largest-hospitals-shut-amid-nonstop-raids . live .
  6. Web site: Diaz . Jaclyn . 31 premature babies are evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza . NPR . 19 November 2023.
  7. Web site: Léonie . Chao-Fong . Maya . Yang . Martin . Belam . Helen . Livingstone . 23 November 2023 . Al Jazeera is reporting that the Indonesia hospital in Gaza has been evacuated. . The Guardian . 23 November 2023.

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