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Şifa Hastanesi: Gazze'deki sağlık hizmetlerinin çöküşünün tanığı

Year 2024, Volume: 29 Issue: Special Issue on Gaza, 112 - 118, 28.12.2024
https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.1573621

Abstract

Gazze Şeridi’nin en büyük hastanesi olan Şifa Hastanesi, 78 yıllık geçmişiyle Filistin halkının sağlık hizmetlerinde önemli bir rol oynamıştır. İsrail’in 7 Ekim 2023’te başlattığı saldırılarla birlikte Şifa Hastanesi, Gazze’deki insan hakları ihlallerinin merkezi haline geldi. Hastane, artan hasta sayısı ve ilaç eksikliğiyle karşı karşıya kaldı. İsrail’in hastane ve çevresine düzenlediği saldırılar, sağlık çalışanlarını ve hastaları tehlikeye attı. 3 Kasım 2023’te Şifa Hastanesi’nin girişi ve ambulans konvoyu bombalanarak en az 60 kişi hayatını kaybetti. 15 Kasım 2023’te İsrail hastaneye baskın düzenleyerek binlerce hastayı ve yerinden edilmiş sivili tehdit etti. İsrail, hastanenin bazı bölümlerini yıkarak çekildi. Hastanede oksijen ve ilaç eksikliği yaşandı, çok sayıda hasta hayatını kaybetti. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, İsrail’in saldırılarının uluslararası hukuku ihlal ettiğini belirtti. İsrail güçleri, 18 Mart 2024’te 7.000’den fazla hastanın ve yerinden edilmiş Filistinlinin sığındığı Şifa Hastanesi’ne ikinci bir baskın düzenledi. İsrail güçlerinin hastaneyi tamamen yerle bir edip çekilmesinin ardından, yanmış insan kalıntılarının bulunduğu toplu mezarlar keşfedildi.
Şifa Hastanesi, Gazze’deki sağlık hizmetlerinin çöküşünün, İsrail’in saldırılarının insanlık dışı boyutunun ve uluslararası hukukun ihlalinin simgesidir. Dünya, Şifa Hastanesi’nin ve Gazze halkının yaşadığı insanlık dramına sessiz kalmamalıdır.

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Al-Shifa Hospital: Witness to the collapse of health care in Gaza

Year 2024, Volume: 29 Issue: Special Issue on Gaza, 112 - 118, 28.12.2024
https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.1573621

Abstract

Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, has served as a vital healthcare provider for the Palestinian people for 78 years. Since the Israeli offensive began on October 7, 2023, Shifa Hospital has become the heart of Gaza’s human rights abuses. The hospital has faced a surge in patients and a shortage of medicine. Israeli attacks on the hospital and its surroundings have put healthcare workers and patients at risk. On November 3, 2023, the entrance to Shifa Hospital and an ambulance convoy were bombed, killing at least 60 people. On November 15, 2023, Israel raided the hospital, threatening thousands of patients and displaced civilians. Israel demolished parts of the hospital before withdrawing. The hospital experienced a shortage of oxygen and medicine, leading to the deaths of many patients. On March 18, 2024, Israeli forces launched a second raid on Shifa Hospital, where more than 7,000 patients and displaced Palestinians had sought refuge. After the Israeli army completely destroyed the hospital and withdrew, mass graves with burnt human remains were discovered.
Al-Shifa Hospital is a symbol of the collapse of health care in Gaza, the inhumanity of Israel’s attacks, and the violation of international law. The world cannot remain silent on the human tragedy of Shifa Hospital and the people of Gaza.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Sciences (Other)
Journal Section REVİEW
Authors

Tanyel Sema Dağdeviren 0000-0002-4727-8216

Şeyma Handan Akyön 0000-0002-2288-8915

Kübranur Ünal 0000-0001-7940-4590

Publication Date December 28, 2024
Submission Date October 25, 2024
Acceptance Date November 11, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 29 Issue: Special Issue on Gaza

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Vancouver Dağdeviren TS, Akyön ŞH, Ünal K. Al-Shifa Hospital: Witness to the collapse of health care in Gaza. Anatolian Clin. 2024;29(Special Issue on Gaza):112-8.

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