Health & Healing
Gaza hospitals ration oxygen as supply crisis deepens
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Khalil al-Daqran, spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, said medical teams now treat oxygen as a scarce commodity amid equipment shortages, broken filling stations, and fuel scarcity, Shehab Wire reported. The hospital faces critical challenges in maintaining life support systems for patients requiring respiratory assistance.
The oxygen shortage reflects broader infrastructure collapse across Gaza's healthcare sector. With filling stations damaged and fuel unavailable to power equipment, hospitals have been forced to manage dwindling supplies with strict rationing protocols. Medical staff confront daily decisions about oxygen allocation as patients dependent on respiratory support remain vulnerable to sudden supply cutoffs.
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