“The need is really huge,” said Hani Isleem, who coordinates medical evacuations from Gaza for the charity, known by its French acronym MSF.
The numbers taken in by countries so far remains “just a drop in the ocean”, Isleem told AFP in an interview on Tuesday.
The World Health Organisation estimates that more than 8,000 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza since the war erupted. It says more than 16,500 patients still need treatment outside of the Palestinian territory.
Isleem said that number was based only on patients registered for medical evacuation and the true figure was higher. “Our estimate is that it is three to four times that number,” he said. –Agencies
