Health & Healing
Gaza hospitals run out of oxygen as care system falters
Image credit: Al Jazeera English
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Gaza's hospitals are confronting critical oxygen shortages that endanger premature infants and severely ill patients, Al Jazeera English reported. The supply crisis threatens to push the territory's healthcare infrastructure toward complete breakdown amid existing strain on medical facilities and dwindling resources.
Hospitals across Gaza lack adequate oxygen reserves to sustain life-support systems and treat patients requiring respiratory assistance. Medical staff face impossible choices in rationing limited supplies among wards treating the most critically ill. The shortage compounds broader challenges facing healthcare providers already struggling with damaged infrastructure, staff shortages, and overwhelmed facilities operating far beyond capacity.
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