Gaza Faces Sharp Drop in Drug Stocks, Health Ministry Warns
Ministry officials delivered the dire assessment during a briefing at Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City, underscoring the devastating impact of depleted pharmaceutical, medical and laboratory resources throughout the enclave.
The healthcare infrastructure confronts an unprecedented and dangerous state of exhaustion following two years of conflict and stringent restrictions that have crippled its capacity to deliver diagnostic and therapeutic care, according to the ministry's statement.
The ministry disclosed that 321 essential medicines have been completely exhausted from its warehouses, reaching zero inventory levels.
Emergency and intensive care units face 38% supply deficits, threatening to deny approximately 200,000 individuals emergency treatment, 100,000 patients surgical interventions, and 700 individuals intensive care access, officials reported.
Kidney treatment supplies have vanished for 650 dialysis-dependent patients who collectively require about 7,823 dialysis sessions each month, the ministry stated.
Cancer patients have already perished amid a 70% oncology medication shortage, leaving roughly 1,000 individuals without treatment options, according to health officials.
The ministry noted that 62% of primary health care medicines are unavailable, and existing supplies fall far short of meeting the needs of more than 288,000 patients.
Officials cautioned that patients face serious health setbacks, including strokes and heart attacks, in cases where no diagnostic or therapeutic interventions are available, raising the risk of preventable deaths.
Cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery services have come to a complete halt due to a 100% shortage of the required medicines and medical supplies, with any limited catheterization services still available reserved exclusively for life-threatening emergencies, the ministry reported.
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