Eight children have died of hypothermia this winter, says health ministry, amid reports maternal and newborn care in territory has been dismantled
A 27-day-old baby died in Gaza on Saturday from severe cold, bringing the number of children in the region who have died of hypothermia since the start of the current winter season to eight, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Medical sources confirmed to the news agency Anadolu that the newborn, named Aisha Ayesh al-Agha, died as a result of freezing temperatures, and that when she was brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis it was already too late to save her.
No further details were revealed about the infant’s condition prior to her death.
Two recent reports by Physicians for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI), document how the war has led to high figures for maternal and neonatal mortality.
