![Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes](/static/images/error.jpg)
Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes
Deccan ChronicleHospitals and clinics destroyed. “What is that going to look like in the near future and the long term?” Here’s a look at some of the urgent health issues: Healthcare in shambles: Most of Gaza’s 36 hospitals were damaged or partly destroyed by Israeli bombs, with only half still partially operational, according to the World Health Organization. That makes it impossible to treat everyone who needs urgent and long-term care — including an estimated 30,000 people who need ongoing rehabilitation for “life-changing injuries,” such as amputations. “That’s going to take years.” Israel says Hamas is responsible for damage to the health system because the group often used hospitals to hide or gather its men. Life-changing injuries The WHO said one-fourth of the estimated 110,000 people injured in the fighting suffered “life-changing” injuries, including over 12,000 who need to be evacuated as soon as possible for specialized care.
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Displaced Palestinians wait for aid amid the rubble of Gaza’s destruction
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Gaza sick, wounded could get medical care in Japan: PM
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Palestinians celebrate return to northern Gaza after 15 months of war
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Major influx of aid into Gaza on Day 2 of ceasefire: U.N.
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Palestinians Trek Across Rubble To Return Home As Gaza Ceasefire Begins
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‘Kiss the soil’: Displaced Palestinians return home after Gaza ceasefire
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Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from war surpassed 46,000
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Israel-Hamas War update: Over 46,000 Palestinians killed in 15 months of brutal conflict
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Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 17 people in Gaza, nearly all of them women or kids
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 21, hospital workers say, as talks underway
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Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals leave healthcare system on ‘brink of total collapse’, UN warns
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Israeli strikes kill 9 in Gaza as war grinds into the new year
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Heavy rains continue to compound misery of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
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Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day
Al Jazeera![Israel attacks on Gaza hospitals ‘destroyed local healthcare’: UN Report](/static/images/error.jpg)
Israel attacks on Gaza hospitals ‘destroyed local healthcare’: UN Report
Hindustan Times![Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment](/static/images/error.jpg)
Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment
Associated Press![‘We repeat: Stop attacks on hospitals,’ WHO chief calls for Gaza health care access](/static/images/error.jpg)
‘We repeat: Stop attacks on hospitals,’ WHO chief calls for Gaza health care access
Hindustan Times![Israel attacks hospitals in Gaza](/static/images/error.jpg)
Israel attacks hospitals in Gaza
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Israel raid empties northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital of all patients and detains its director
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Israel raid empties northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital of all patients and detains its director
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Israeli forces order new evacuation at besieged northern Gaza town, residents say
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Israeli attacks kill 50 more Palestinians as troops storm northern Gaza hospital
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