UPDATED: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down, amid rising ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

adminDecember 21, 2023September 18, 2024011 mins

The latest grave assessment from the World Health Organization (WHO) came after UN teams reached Al Ahli Arab hospital and Al Shifa hospital on Wednesday, amid reports of intensifying ground operations by Israeli Defense Forces and continuing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas’s 7 October terror attacks on southern Israel. “Patients were…

Updated guidelines on COVID-19 revise risk of hospitalisation

adminNovember 10, 2023September 17, 202403 mins

The guidance will assist healthcare professionals to identify those at high, moderate or low risk of hospitalization and to tailor treatment accordingly. WHO said current COVID-19 virus variants tend to cause less severe disease while immunity levels are higher due to vaccination, which has led to lower risks of severe illness and death for most…