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Two premature babies die, 37 at risk in under-siege al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
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The head of al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip says two premature babies have lost their lives after the neonatal intensive care unit at the besieged area’s largest medical facility stopped working due to a lack of electricity amid relentless Israeli bombing campaign.

Mohammed Abu Salmiya said on Saturday that 37 other babies were at risk of losing their lives as the hospital was running out of fuel in the wake of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza.

“Unfortunately, we’ve lost two out of 39 babies because of the power outage,” Abu Salmiya said. “We are talking about premature babies who require very intensive care.”

Al-Shifa Hospital’s director underlined that the two babies died because of a lack of fuel, which provides electricity to the incubators allowing for warm temperatures and a constant flow of oxygen to the newborn.

“They died due to low temperatures and a lack of oxygen. We are now using primitive methods to keep them alive,” Abu Salmiya added. “We have electricity until the morning. Once electricity is out, these neonates will die just like the others,” Abu Salmiya warned.

Mohammed Obeid, a surgeon at al-Shifa Hospital, confirmed the newborns’ deaths and said an adult patient also died because there was no electricity for his ventilator.