The ministry warned of an imminent shutdown of the generators that supply power to hospitals and health centers due to the severe diesel shortage caused by the army’s siege. This situation threatens the operation of intensive care units, surgical wards, and nurseries, and limits care for thousands of patients, including those suffering from kidney failure, it noted.

Specifically, the director general of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, warned of the deteriorating health of kidney patients as a consequence of the irregular electricity supply to vital departments.

Abu Salmiya explained that the intensive care, dialysis, operating rooms, and neonatal units face a real danger that threatens the lives of numerous people.

The crisis directly affects 230 kidney patients who depend on 55 machines for prolonged dialysis sessions 24 hours a day, which require a constant electrical current that cannot tolerate interruptions, he detailed.

He noted that the complex’s administration was forced to adopt austerity measures by reducing the operation of high-capacity generators and resorting to less efficient alternatives, which could cause serious technical failures in sensitive medical equipment.

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