It will take years to clear medical evacuations backlog in Gaza, says WHO
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6SR8V)
UN body highlights only 78 out of 12,000 patients recently requiring evacuation have managed to leave
The World Health Organization is warning that the pace of medical evacuations of sick and wounded Palestinians out of Gaza, including several thousand children, is so slow that it will take five to 10 years to clear the backlog at the current rate.
Rik Peeperkorn, the UN global health body's representative for the West Bank and Gaza, said only 78 out of 12,000 patients requiring evacuation had managed to leave recently.
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