El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital is targeted again by zionist's tanks

El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital
Gaza
16-4-2008

Press Release

On the 16th of April El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital and its premises in the besieged Gaza has been targeted by the (Israeli) tanks for the second time.

The attack resulted in a clear damage to the hospital buildings and infrastructure and premises and left massive damage to the departments, windows and caused complete outage of power and water.

The attack has even caused damage to the cable of the only generator in the hospital putting in a great danger to the life of the paralyzed and coma patients who need constant medical and nursing attention and frequent suctioning.

Furthermore, all patients and a staff are in a state of shock due to the relentless in the vicinity and inside the hospital. Many shrapnels and bullets even penetrated into the patients rooms in every section of the hospital.

Based on these tragic events we would like to reaffirm the following:

1- El Wafa hospital strongly condemns this inhumane attack which has put the lives of our patients and staff in a real danger.

2- On the light of poverty, shortage of fuel, strict siege on Gaza our hospital has been the lung through which our disabled clients breath and it has been the only place where cases of spinal cord and head injury are treated.

3- This is the second time where the hospital buildings and infrastructure has been attacked as the first time was in February 2002 when two of our nursing staff were shot dead by ( Israeli) military forces while positioning one of the spinal cord patients inside room No (214).
NB: Since the beginning of the attack we have been in constant contact with international organizations especially the International Red Cross Society.

4- During the attack we have had a complete shut down of water and electricity.

5- The operation theater of the hospital has stopped completely as a result of the Israeli military attack.

6- At the end we ask the international community, the human rights organizations, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the International Red Cross Society to save no efforts to put an end to this repeated (Israeli) military aggression on civilians and health institutes, patients and staff.