UN: " Gaza Health Services on Brink of Collapse"

The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said the health services in Gaza are on the "brink of collapse."

"We are short of rooms and supplies, we are up to our necks," said a surgeon at Gaza 's main Al-Shifa Hospital . Added the doctor, "The buildings are falling on the heads of the patients."

In addition to the urgent medical needs for the victims, the short supply of food is another worry for those trying to survive.

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Islamic Relief's aid worker on the ground, Hatem Shurrab, who is writing about the situation for BBC News, has said, "I've met families who are resorting to boiling weeds that they've dug out from the ground in order to feed their families." (Read the latest entries on the BBC News website of an Islamic Relief aid worker sharing first-hand accounts of the situation on the ground in Gaza and IR's relief efforts.)
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"What makes the food situation even worse is that Gazans were already facing difficulties with food over the last year - now they are on the brink," said Shurrab.

80% of the 1.5 milion Gazans depend on international humanitarian assistance.

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Islamic Relief responded immediately after the crisis, delivering vital medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza just 6 hours after the crisis began.

In addition to the medical aid, Islamic Relief is also providing food aid, with a recent delivery of four trucks filled with food supplies. Al-Shifa Hospital has been one of the recipients of this aid. (see distribution photos [ http://cts.dundee.net/t/30887586/105911620/79343/0/ ])

Islamic Relief has launched an emergency multi-million dollar appeal to help the victims and is asking for urgent and repeated support. Islamic Relief has been able to bring in aid supplies to Gaza through it’s partnership with the UN’s World Health Organization.

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Islamic Relief’s Shurrab: "When we go out and assess what is needed you can see that the people are beyond despair. Food provided by Islamic Relief, the UN and other agencies is beginning to run out in people's homes. The heads of households are despairing at the thought of how to feed their children. "

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