Evacuation orders and bombing around Gaza hospitals leaves few healthcare options

Beyond critical injuries, many women who undergo a caesarean section are discharged just six hours after delivery to make space for other pregnant women. Some are simply turned away and give birth in tents.

MSF remains committed to providing medical care in Gaza and calls for the protection of hospitals, medical staff and patients. Our teams are currently providing pre- and postpartum care at the Emirati hospital in Rafah, assisting Gazans with physiotherapy and post-operative care at the Rafah Indonesian field hospital, and offering basic healthcare consultations, wound dressing and mental health support at Al-Shaboura clinic, also in Rafah.

We’re supporting the European Gaza hospital in a small surgical capacity, and our small team of nurses assist patients in need of wound dressing. In Al-Awda in north Gaza and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, a handful of MSF staff are working in extremely difficult conditions, including lacking food and medical supplies due to airstrikes and nearby fighting.

We reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire that will spare the lives of civilians and restore the flow of humanitarian assistance and re-establish the healthcare system on which the survival of the people of Gaza depends.