Gaza hospitals, patients at risk amid oxygen shortage, health ministry warns

GAZA: Gaza’s oxygen supply is nearing collapse after 22 of the enclave’s 34 oxygen stations went out of service, leaving hospitals and patients receiving treatment at home increasingly vulnerable, the Palestinian Health Ministry warned on Saturday. Only 12 oxygen stations remain operational, and those are working under “extremely complex technical and mechanical conditions,” the ministry said, as shortages of spare parts prevent engineers from carrying out essential repairs. The warning comes amid severe shortage of equipment used to refill portable oxygen cylinders.

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