Gaza hospital doctors forced to operate in torchlight due to power shortage

21 Oct 2023 • 8:23 PM MYT
The Independent
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Video footage from a hospital in Gaza shows doctors operating with only the light from their mobile phones, as the region struggles without electricity.

Staff at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, have been forced to work with limited power after Israeli blockades shut down the region’s main power station.

Footage shared by ITV News shows a doctor stitching a man’s arm as other medical workers hold flashlights from their phones to provide as much light as possible.

“We are in a very, very difficult situation,” Dr Mohammed Qandeel, Nasser Hospital’s emergency director, told ITV News.

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