- Human RightsPalestine
- April 17, 2008
- 1 minute read
Health ministry warns: The anesthetic gas used to narcotize patients ran out

The health ministry in Gaza warned Thursday that the surgical operation rooms in the Gaza hospitals were shut down and all surgeries were suspended after the anesthetic nitrous oxide used for narcotizing patients during surgeries was depleted.
The ministry appealed to the international health organization and all health and human right institutions to necessarily move to end this disaster afflicted Gaza patients.
The Wafa hospital for rehabilitation and specialist surgery in Gaza announced that its medical and administrative staff resumed providing medical services to the wounded and disabled cases after the hospital was bombed during Israeli aggression on Gaza.
The hospital”s administration appealed to the international health and medical institutions to continue to support the hospital especially in light of the difficult conditions in Gaza as a result of the Israeli siege and aggression.