46 patients, including 10 children, died in Gaza, as a result of Israeli siege, since truce started

Health ministry: 46 patients, including 10 children, died since truce started

[ 26/08/2008 - 07:56 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Palestinian health ministry in the PA Gaza caretaker government has warned that the continued Israeli occupation government's (IOG's)delay in opening the Gaza crossings would entail serious repercussions on lives of many patients.

The ministry in a press release on Tuesday said that victims of the siege are on the rise despite the lapse of 78 days on the start of the calm agreement, and noted that 46 Palestinian patients have died during this period including 10 children and 14 women.

It said that the health conditions in the Strip are worsening daily with medical supplies and equipment still barred from entry and the ministry's medicine stores are running out of stock.

The ministry appealed to Egypt in its capacity as the patron of the calm agreement to pressure the IOG into opening crossings including that of Rafah and allow patients to travel abroad for treatment and allow entry of medicines to save the lives of more than 1500 patients one third of them are critically ill and could not afford further delay.

The ministry also appealed to the Arab League, OIC, Red Cross and all legal and human rights groups and honorable people of the world to step in and immediately pressure the IOG into lifting the siege.

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