Gaza Health Situation: WHO Briefing | United Nations

Sean Casey, Health Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO), will brief on the health situation in Gaza. Upon his return from a five-week deployment in Gaza, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Medical Team Coordinator in the Palestinian enclave Sean Casey, today (17 Jan) said, “overall, most critical need is really a cease fire, because everything short of that is simply addressing needs on a day-by-day basis.” Talking to reporters in New York, he said, “I saw evidence again and again of the simultaneous humanitarian catastrophe that’s unfolding. We see it every day in Gaza, getting worse and worse. And the collapse of the health system day by day, with hospitals closing, health workers fleeing, casualties continuing to stream. And lack of access to medicines and medical supplies, a lack of access to fuel to run the hospital generators to keep the lights on, to keep the machines running.” Casey, who has been reporting from the ground as his team delivered suppli