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Cake day: 2023年6月12日

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  • Since October 7, 2023, the already precarious state of cancer care in the occupied Palestinian territories has deteriorated dramatically, reaching catastrophic levels, particularly in Gaza. The pre-existing systemic challenges have been severely exacerbated, creating an unprecedented humanitarian and health crisis.

    In Gaza, the landscape of cancer care has been largely obliterated. The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, which was the sole specialized cancer treatment facility, has been extensively damaged by Israeli airstrikes and was forced to close due to a lack of fuel and medical supplies. Reports indicate it was eventually blown up, leaving thousands of cancer patients with nowhere to go for treatment. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has stated that intravenous chemotherapy services and medical follow-up for cancer patients have completely ceased in Gaza. This means that an estimated 10,000 cancer patients in Gaza are now deprived of life-saving chemotherapy, radiotherapy (which was already unavailable in Gaza pre-war), and other critical treatments, leading to preventable deaths and immense suffering.

    https://oncodaily.com/societies/gaza (arc)