WHO: Humanitarian Health Action [to 9 August 2014]

:: Gaza Conflict 6 August 2014 –
Hospitals are treating a constant influx of casualties in already overcrowded facilities and with vastly reduced supply of electricity. More than 17,000 patients utilized UNRWA’s 13 open clinics on 2-3 August, higher than the pre-war average of 14,000 patients a day. Currently more than 30% of clinic patients are displaced persons staying in shelters. The public health needs are: fuel, electricity and medical supplies; follow up care for the injured; health care for the displaced people; mental health interventions for patients, their family members and support to children; elective surgeries for patients whose surgeries were postponed.
:: Read the health situation report from the Regional Office website