Al Jazeera reports more from Razan al-Nahhas, the emergency doctor in Gaza.
She said at least three people, including a 12 year old boy with a head injury, have been reported dead following their forced evacuation from the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.
“He was on oxygen, as were the two other patients, and the family basically walked with them to a nearby hospital, a very small facility with no capacity for the number of patients head their way. And they [the patients] arrived dead,” said al-Nahhas, who is in the city of Deir el-Balah.
“There’s so many patients on the streets. Some mat have made out to Al Shifa at this point. But I can’t even imagine the scene of patients and their family members scattered in the streets, trying to find their way to a place for medical care. I’m certain that many of them will not make it.”
Al-Nahhas said many of those at al-Ahli have severe injuries.
“The majority of patients that are admitted to this hospital are patients that are victims of these traumatic, explosive injuries, unfortunately,” she said.
These include patients with multiple amputated limbs and patients with traumatic injuries to their chest, abdomen or head, as well as “a lot of burn patients”.
“They’re very high-risk patients that need to be closely monitored, not lying or scrambling in the streets trying to find their way to another medical facility.”
