The emergency room team is working non-stop and has increased its staff to handle the surge of patients seeking emergency room treatment. Recently, 76 severely injured patients were treated at the hospital. In order to accommodate the influx of patients, an extra ward has been opened. Medical treatment for the poor is being provided through a free medical outreach program twice a week.
Emergency food baskets and commodities have been distributed to 300 families in need through the hospital’s social department. As a result, Ahli Arab Hospital is running out of food, medicine, drugs, and blood.
ERD is working in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem to provide emergency assistance to Ahli Arab Hospital for extra emergency staff, additional medicine and medical supplies, as well as food aid and commodities for patients.
“The people of Gaza are so vulnerable after this prolonged and agonizing conflict. ERD will do all we can stand with Ahli Arab Hospital as they reach out the wounded and sick,” said Janette O’Neill, ERD’s Senior Director for Africa Programs.
To help people affected by disasters, please make a donation to the “Middle East Fund” online at www.er-d.org/, or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to: Episcopal Relief and Development “Middle East Fund” P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058.
Episcopal Relief and Development is the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States. An independent 501(c) (3) organization, ERD saves lives and builds hope in communities around the world. ERD’s programs work toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We provide emergency assistance in times of crisis and rebuild after disasters. We enable people to climb out of poverty by offering long-term solutions in the areas of food security and health care, including HIV/AIDS and malaria.
