Gaza doctors urge Cairo to solve power crisis

27 مارس/آذار 2012 الساعة . 11:09 ص   بتوقيت القدس

Dozens of doctors, paramedics, and ambulance drivers working in Gaza hospitals asked Cairo to pump fuel into the Gaza Strip to end its power and fuel crisis that threatens a big humanitarian tragedy.

The call was voiced during a sit-in staged at the gate to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

Dr. Fuad Najm delivered a speech on behalf of the medical services asking the Egyptian authorities to end the siege on Gaza and to supply badly needed fuel. “Gaza is not on another planet”.

He also asked the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, and human rights groups to rush to the rescue of the Gaza patients who are in danger of imminent death due to the lack of fuel and repeated power outages.