“Yesterday I had 39 babies and today they have become 36,” said Dr. Mohamed Tabasha, head of the paediatric department at Al Shifa, in a telephone interview on Monday.
The premature babies, who weigh less than 1.5 kg (3.3 pounds) each and in some cases only 700 or 800 grammes, should be in incubators where the temperature and humidity can be regulated according to their individual needs.
The infants are too cold, and the temperature is not stable because of power cuts, he said. In the absence of infection control measures, they are transmitting viruses to each other and they have no immunity.
He said there was no longer any way of sterilising their milk and bottle teats to the required standard. As a result, some had contracted gastritis and were suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting, which meant an acute risk of dehydration.
This is what the terrorist JEWISH state of Israel has done and continues to do all over Gaza.
‘YOU SLOWLY KILL THEM’
This is an extract from Reuters.