The European Hospital () is a public hospital in
Al-Fukhari
Al-Fukhari ( ar, الفَخّاري, also spelled al-Fokari or al-Fukhkhari) is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, located between Khuza'a and Rafah. It sits on the eastern side of the Sufa Crossing road, ...
near
Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis ( ar, خان يونس, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus; translation: ''Caravansary fJonah'') is a city in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 142,63 ...
in the southern Gaza Strip, State of Palestine, Palestine. It was founded by the UNRWA with a grant from the European Union in 1989.
Initial construction costs for the 232-bed European Hospital were estimated at $45 million. The goal was providing primary and secondary healthcare for Gaza residents. The hospital was still under construction in 1999.
In 2019, the hospital served an estimated 17,500 patients a month. It is one of the three main referral hospitals in the Gaza Strip. According to a United Nations Development Programme, UNDP report, the hospital provides laboratory services, imaging services (CT, MRI, X-ray), intensive care units, and specialised surgeries.
2023 Israel-Hamas war
On 31 October 2023, Israeli air raids targeted the vicinity of the European Hospital.
On 13 November Tom Potokar, chief Palestine Red Crescent Society, Red Crescent surgeon at the hospital, wrote on Twitter that he was treating many patients for shrapnel wounds.
On 19 November, after the Al-Shifa Hospital siege ended with Israeli forces controlling Al-Shifa Hospital, the World Health Organization stated it was planning missions to transport the remaining Al-Shifa patients to the European Hospital and Nasser Hospital, Nasser Medical Complex in the next 2-3 days. On 23 November, the head of the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee at the Indonesia Hospital stated that patients and staff at Indonesia Hospital had been evacuated to the European Hospital.
See also
* List of hospitals in the State of Palestine
* Attacks on health facilities during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
References
1989 establishments in the Palestinian territories
Hospitals in Khan Yunis
State of Palestine–European Union relations
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