It was reported by Hobnob News Reports that Gaza’s 50,000 pregnant women are facing a “nightmare” situation with the enclave’s healthcare system on the brink of collapse, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative for the state of Palestine, Dominic Allen.
I was also gathered by Hobnob News reports that the health care system itself in Gaza is critical. It’s under attack, on the brink of collapse and these pregnant women that we’re seriously concerned about have nowhere to go. They’re facing unthinkable challenges,” Allen said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
Allen said that about 5,000 of the 50,000 pregnant women are expected to give birth in the coming month, and some of them could face complications..
“Imagine going through that process in those final stages and your last trimester before giving birth, with possible complications, without clothing, without hygiene, support, and not sure about what the next day, next hour, next minute will bring for themselves and for their unborn child,” Allen said.
Stories coming out of hospitals have been “harrowing,” Allen said. One midwife at a maternity hospital in Gaza told Allen that since the beginning of the conflict, some midwives have been unable to even reach the maternity ward to provide assistance due to the unsafe environment.“Humanitarian aid and supplies to Gaza must be allowed through. There must be a humanitarian corridor opened, and humanitarian law abided by. The pregnant women must therefore get access to those lifesaving health services,” Allen said of the situation ahead of the ground war to be launched on Gaza by Israel following the Hamas attack on Southern Israel.
Honbob News Reports
