Al-Rantisi Hospital for Children in western Gaza went out of service Thursday after running out of fuel for its generators, leaving 38 Palestinian children who are suffering from kidney failure in grave danger, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Health, announced the cessation of all medical services for children at Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital and Al-Nasr Hospital due to a shortage of fuel. He said the intensive care and nursery departments would remain operational, relying on small generators.

“The collapse means that from today, all the wounded, including children, women and the elderly, will lose treatment services and that cancer patients will be without medications or chemotherapy sessions and kidney patients will be deprived of dialysis sessions,” said Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila.

Hundreds of premature babies are in danger, and thousands of wounded people will have open wounds,“ she added.

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