MOH-Gaza: around 106 medical delegation mission in Gaza in 2020
According to the latest report issued by the Palestinian Health Information Center (PHIC), the Ministry of Health in Gaza hospitals’ received about 106 missions.
Despite the recent coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the number of medical delegations decreased, and these delegations, together with the local medical staff, participated in several distinguished surgeries.
Among the most prominent delegations that arrived at the Gaza Strip during 2020, an American medical delegation specialized in neurosurgery, a German medical delegation specialized in the same field, where they performed together seven complicated surgeries, A Norwegian delegation specialized in complicated fractures of the Nasser Medical Complex, and a German medical delegation specialized in Maxillofacial and plastic surgery at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, in addition to dozens of specialized medical and surgical delegations.
On the level of Arab and Palestinian delegations, 2020 witnessed the Jordanian medical delegation specialized in kidney transplantation, where four kidney cases were performed, in addition to the delegation of Palestinian Arab doctors from the occupied Palestinian territory to conduct operations in several surgical specialties in each of the Nasser Complex and the Shifa Medical Complex, in addition to the specialized delegations in mental health.
Medical delegations ’contributed to conducting unique and distinguish surgeries, and they have also contributed over the years to transferring experiences to the local medical staff and developing health services in the Gaza Strip, which in turn contributed to reducing complicated cases referral outside the Strip and saving citizens the trouble of traveling.