Ministry of Health has modernized the Central Sterilization Department at the Nasser Medical Complex funded by the British Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP-UK), as part of its ongoing policy to improve and enhance health services.
Dr. Muhammad Zaqqout, General- Director of Nasser Medical Complex, stated that the cost of developing the Central Sterilization Department reached about $ 78,000, which provides health services to more than (300) thousand people in Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.
He added that the sterilization department follows international standards by adhering to infection-control policies and limiting their spread while providing medical and surgical services to patients, pointing out that the medical teams at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis were able to perform 8675 surgical operations for patients since the beginning of 2019.