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Arab News
27-02-2025
- Health
- Arab News
Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza resumes inpatient services
JAKARTA: The Indonesia Hospital in northern Gaza has resumed inpatient services, the Jakarta-based NGO that funded it said on Thursday, as the facility races to resume full operations after repairs to the building and equipment that were destroyed by Israeli forces. The health facility in Beit Lahiya, funded by the Indonesian NGO Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, was one of the first sites hit when Israel began its assault on Gaza in October 2023. As relentless Israeli attacks pushed the enclave's healthcare system to the brink of collapse, the Indonesia Hospital stood as one of the last functioning health facilities in the north. Since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19, the hospital has been gradually resuming essential services, with inpatient treatment being the latest. 'The Indonesia Hospital is resuming its operations to handle sick patients,' Sarbini Abdul Murad, chairman of MER-C's board of trustees in Jakarta, told Arab News. 'We hope to renovate and rebuild every part of the facility that was destroyed, as well as fully supply the hospital to meet all of the patients' needs.' Israeli forces targeted and heavily damaged most of the medical facilities in the Gaza Strip. The Indonesia Hospital was treating about 1,000 people at one point during Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed more than 48,300 people and injured over 111,000. Since last month, it has resumed services for emergencies, surgeries, radiology, laboratory, outpatient and inpatient treatments, and is now operating at 30 percent of full capacity 'Six months from the beginning of the ceasefire, we are aiming to reactivate essential services to reach at least 50 percent of full capacity,' Dr. Hadiki Habib, chairman of MER-C's executive committee, told Arab News. The Indonesia Hospital will be the main referral hospital in northern Gaza and some parts of Gaza City, after the former main referral hospital, Al-Shifa, was destroyed by Israeli siege and attacks. 'There is a great need for essential services,' Habib said. 'Over a year of displacement and limited access (to healthcare), many Palestinians with chronic illnesses need quality treatments.'
Arab News
06-02-2025
- Health
- Arab News
North Gaza's Indonesia Hospital resumes emergency services
JAKARTA: The Indonesia Hospital in north Gaza has resumed 24-hour emergency services, the NGO that funded it has said, as efforts are underway to start repairs to the hospital after it was severely damaged by Israeli forces. The hospital in Beit Lahiya, a four-story building located near the Jabalia refugee camp, was built from donations organized by the Jakarta-based Medical Emergency Rescue Committee. Like other health care facilities in Gaza, it was severely damaged by Israeli attacks. But its round-the-clock emergency services have resumed this month at the request of the Gaza Ministry of Health, following the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to north Gaza since Jan. 27. 'As the only functioning hospital, Al-Awda, is not only full but overcrowded, the Gaza Ministry of Health has asked for the emergency department at the Indonesia Hospital to reopen,' Hadiki Habib, who heads MER-C's latest batch of emergency medical team in Gaza, said during a live-streamed press conference on Wednesday. 'So our emergency department resumed its 24-hours operation on Feb. 1, and we mainly take care of minor trauma cases … We hope to expand our services once essential repairs at the hospital are done.' Two specialist doctors and a nurse from the Indonesian medical team will be working alongside volunteer Palestinian doctors to provide services at the emergency department, Habib said, adding that many patients had infected wounds and injuries from Israeli attacks on Gaza, which were neglected before the ceasefire took effect on Jan. 19. As Palestinians begin the process of rebuilding their homes destroyed by Israeli bombardment, doctors are also recording new injuries from cleaning up the rubble that now covers much of Gaza. 'North Gaza, which was heavily impacted by the war, certainly requires special care, particularly in terms of health care, and this will be our focus as our expertise is in emergency health care,' said Yogi Prabowo, chairman of MER-C's executive committee in Jakarta. 'We are also preparing to begin reparations and rebuilding of the Indonesia Hospital, including adding new facilities, such as buildings and health equipment.' The Indonesia Hospital was one of the first targets hit when Israel began its assault on Gaza in October 2023, during which 47,500 people have been killed and more than 111,000 injured. Israel frequently targeted medical facilities in the Gaza Strip, saying that they are used by Palestinian armed groups.
