Doctors describe rise in infections and amputations among dangerously malnourished patients Every morning, starving mothers arrive at the doors of al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza desperately seeking baby formula. Many mothers of newborns are unable to breastfeed, the head of the hospital said, because they are so underfed.Inside the hospital, where doctors are undergoing treatment for malnutrition alongside their patients, surgeons say they are carrying out increasing numbers of amputations owing to the effects of acute hunger. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/09/famine-looms-northern-gaza-israel-opens-new-aid-routes
Author : Ruth Michaelson
Publish date : 2024-04-09 06:00:41
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