Jakarta (Antara Babel) - The Palestinian Health Ministry has called upon Indonesian non-governmental organizations to care about the fate of 1,200 patients who are under the threat of food shortages at Syifa Hospital in Gaza City.
"They called on Muslims and NGOs throughout the world, particularly Indonesian NGOs and the government, to care about the fate of thousands of patients at Syifa Hospital who are in dire need of food," Abdillah Onim, an Indonesian volunteer residing in Gaza, said on Saturday.
Onim quoted spokesman of the Palestinian Health Ministry dr. Asraf as saying that this was the first time thousands of patients at the hospital faced a shortage of food.
The Palestinian Health Ministry also has sent out a call for food to the management of the Voice of Palestinian Radio, managed by Abdillah Onim.
"They have conveyed it through an official letter to the Voice of Palestinian Radio," he said.
Built on 942 sq meters of land, Syifa is the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
The company, which formerly cooperated with the management of the hospital, went bankrupt after the hospital found it difficult to offset its daily consumption costs.
He said the hospital is currently facing financial problems due to declining assistance from donors.
"To make thing worse, the Rafah border gate is still closed," he said.
To prevent the food shortage from worsening, the hospital is in dire need of funds to buy foodstuffs, he said.
Besides foodstuffs, he said the hospital is also running short of medicines. "Let us lend a helping hand in facing the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Palestine," he said.
Abillah Onim was formerly a volunteer of the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia, before he married a Palestinian woman, and now resides in Gaza.
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"They called on Muslims and NGOs throughout the world, particularly Indonesian NGOs and the government, to care about the fate of thousands of patients at Syifa Hospital who are in dire need of food," Abdillah Onim, an Indonesian volunteer residing in Gaza, said on Saturday.
Onim quoted spokesman of the Palestinian Health Ministry dr. Asraf as saying that this was the first time thousands of patients at the hospital faced a shortage of food.
The Palestinian Health Ministry also has sent out a call for food to the management of the Voice of Palestinian Radio, managed by Abdillah Onim.
"They have conveyed it through an official letter to the Voice of Palestinian Radio," he said.
Built on 942 sq meters of land, Syifa is the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
The company, which formerly cooperated with the management of the hospital, went bankrupt after the hospital found it difficult to offset its daily consumption costs.
He said the hospital is currently facing financial problems due to declining assistance from donors.
"To make thing worse, the Rafah border gate is still closed," he said.
To prevent the food shortage from worsening, the hospital is in dire need of funds to buy foodstuffs, he said.
Besides foodstuffs, he said the hospital is also running short of medicines. "Let us lend a helping hand in facing the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Palestine," he said.
Abillah Onim was formerly a volunteer of the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia, before he married a Palestinian woman, and now resides in Gaza.
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