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Publish date18 Jul 2023 - 21:29
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Gaza: 50% of cancer patients do not get treatment, says health ministry

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that 50 percent of cancer patients do not receive treatment due to the strict Israeli blockade imposed on the enclave.
Gaza: 50% of cancer patients do not get treatment, says health ministry

"There are more than 9,000 cancer patients in Gaza," explained Dr Sobhi Skaik, the Director of the hospital, with deaths from cancer making up 12.5 per cent of the total deaths in the Gaza Strip. "This is too much," he added, as he highlighted the issue of "the lack of radiotherapy for cancer patients in Gaza, the lack of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear treatment capabilities and the lack of some important medical tests needed for diagnosing cancer."
He called on the international community "to move to save the lives of cancer patients and to provide the treatment and services that the patients deserve."
At the same press conference, the Director General of Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health, Ashraf Abu Mahadi, said: "During the past six months, the shortage of medicines for cancer patients has been at a level of around 45 per cent. More than half of cancer patients during that period did not receive their necessary treatment protocols, which increases their psychological and physical suffering."
Most patients with serious diseases in Gaza depend on treatment in Palestinian hospitals in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, or in Israel.
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