Young Palestinians launched a volunteer initiative on Sunday to clean the Al-Shifa Medical Complex west of Gaza City. They plan to restart the complex at a minimal level, preparing the kidney dialysis unit for operation.
Mahmoud Hammad, the director-general of administrative affairs at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated:
Young people have initiated a volunteer effort to clean the Al-Shifa Medical Complex from dust and medical waste in order to provide minimal medical care to patients in Gaza and to operate the kidney dialysis department.
Hammad says there are “patients in Gaza who will face inevitable death if they do not undergo kidney dialysis sessions.”
“The hospital has suffered significant damage, but the initiative will work on preparing, cleaning and sterilising it to restart its operation, especially the kidney dialysis department.”
He also highlighted the widespread destruction of all facilities at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, stating that there was not a single facility without damage to devices and equipment.
At the same time, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that 100 truckloads of humanitarian aid entered the northern parts of the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The PRCS reported that humanitarian aid trucks carrying food, water, baby milk and blankets were delivered to Gaza City and the northern part of the Strip.
A four-day humanitarian pause brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US went into effect on Friday, temporarily halting Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
