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    World health Organisation calls for acceptance of Gaza Patients worldwide.
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  • Munyaradzi C Nyabereka
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  • Posted Jul 16, 2025
  • The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called on more countries to accept and treat patients from the Gaza Strip after the medical evacuation of a group of mostly children to Jordan.

    "WHO led the medical evacuation of 35 patients, mostly children, from Gaza to Jordan, accompanied by 72 family members.


    "We are grateful to the government of Jordan for its continued support and for providing specialised care to critically ill patients.

    "More than 10,000 people in Gaza still need medical evacuation. We urge more countries to step forward to accept patients for medical evacuations -- lives depend on it. There are many more waiting," the UN health agency's chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, said.

    The agency has long called for expanded medical corridors, including the full resumption of the pre-war traditional referral pathway to hospitals in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

    It has also been said that at current rates, it would take years to evacuate all Gaza patients needing treatment.

    The WHO says that in Gaza, airstrikes and a lack of medical supplies, food, water, and fuel have depleted the under-resourced health system, with many hospitals out of operation.

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