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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					15/02/2011 &#8211; 11:47 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; The World  Health Organization said a shortage of medicines required in the Gaza  Strip poses a threat to the survival of hospitals there.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">A memorandum by the WHO&#8217;s Jerusalem branch  pointed out that 38 per cent of basic medicines were out of stock in  the strip in early 2011, adding that 40 per cent of primary health care  services and 80 per cent of services offered by hospitals have been  affected as a result.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Detailing the shortage&#8217;s effects, the WHO  said out of the 260 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Shifa,  Gaza&#8217;s largest hospital, 100 are not able to receive treatment because  it requires the collaboration of several medicines to be effective.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">It said oncologists there said large  numbers of patients have not received normal treatment, with several  already having died and others having tried to get treatment abroad.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">It went on to say that the absence of  antibiotics at the strip&#8217;s largest medical center Sheikh Radwan in Gaza  city has rendered it impossible to treat basic illnesses like diarrhea,  pneumonia and skin infections.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Drugs necessary for the treatment of  asthma are no longer available in the strip&#8217;s central warehouses, the  statement says. Some hospitals have been forced to reuse consumable  medical supplies to treat patients, it adds.</p>
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