Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza performs life-changing surgeries for children — JAF
The patients ranged in age from just three months to three years, according to a statement from the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army (JAF), which added that the operations were conducted as part of the army's ongoing humanitarian mission to support the people of Gaza.
The hospital's commanding officer was quoted in the statement as saying that the procedures were carried out by highly skilled medical and nursing staff with extensive expertise in complex pediatric surgeries.
A senior specialist in maxillofacial surgery said, 'The children suffer from severe feeding difficulties and malnutrition, relying solely on formula milk, which puts enormous strain on their families.'
The specialist noted that many children had been deprived of early intervention due to the lack of qualified personnel in the region and the challenging conditions on the ground.
In an effort to build local capacity, the specialist said that doctors from Nasser Medical Complex [in Gaza] were trained in the field hospital's operating room to help manage similar cases in the future.
'The severity of the cases ranged from moderate to severe, including diagnoses such as wide bilateral cleft palates and full cleft lips. Treatment was further complicated by delays in preoperative care, as families struggled to access medical services amid ongoing instability in the region.'
Jordan runs two military field hospitals in Gaza - one in the Strip's north and was established in 2009 following the war in 2008 and the second is in Khan Younis in the south, which was established in November 2023 at the peak of the Israeli war of aggression on the coastal enclave that erupted on October 7, 2023.
Besides the field hospitals in Gaza, the JAF established the Jordanian field hospital in Nablus in late November 2023 and has conducted over 900 surgeries and received more than 83,000 patients ever since.
The Kingdom, in cooperation with the World Central Kitchen, has also dispatched a mobile bakery with a production capacity of 3,500 loaves of bread per hour to Gaza.
Other humanitarian programmes include the land and air bridges for aid delivery, the Restoring Hope Initiative, which provides prosthetics for amputees, and the evacuation of critical cases to Jordanian hospitals.
Jordan remains steadfast in its commitment to alleviating the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza through all available means, the statement said.
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