Sheikh Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics | Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip

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Sheikh Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics

Facility Type

Speciality Hospital

Ownership type

Government sector

Governorates / District

North Gaza

Address

Al-Rasheed Street – next to the museum - opposite Al-Khalidi Mosque

Founding Year

2019

Facility director

Nour El-Din Salah

Beds Capacity

100

List of medical specialties and services

Rehabilitation medicine

Limb prostheses

Audiology

Nutrition

Pharmacy

Physiotherapy

Pediatric rehabilitation

Psychiatry

Social services

Speech and language therapy

Community-based rehabilitation

Occupational medicine

Description (About the Facility)

The Sheikh Hamad Prosthetics Hospital is the only hospital specializing in prosthetics and rehabilitation in the Gaza Strip. It was established in 2016 following directives from Qatari prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to the Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza and the Qatar Fund for Development. The hospital became operational in 2019 and was considered a significant addition to the health sector in Gaza, providing quality services that did not exist before[1].

The hospital, which has a clinical capacity of 100 beds, consists of five floors of 2,700 square meters each built on an area of 12,000 square meters[2]. In addition, it has a service building with an area of 350 square meters, an outdoor garden with an area of 6,665 square meters[3].

Funding Details

The hospital's funding is mainly dependent on various Qatari institutions

Effect of siege (2007 - 2023)

In July 2023: The Sheikh Hamad Prosthetics Hospital opened two specialized units for the treatment of diabetic foot and chronic pain patients, the first of their kind in the Gaza Strip[4]. In the same month, the hospital received a Qatari medical delegation to perform 50 new cochlear implants, another 22 cochlear devices were provided with funding from the Qatari Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, and the efficiency of the working staff was developed through specialized training[5].

narrative during this war

On October 15, 2023: The Sheikh Hamad Prosthetics Hospital's management announced that the hospital had suffered significant damage as a result of heavy Israeli shelling of its surroundings[6].

On November 6, 2023: Occupation forces targeted the hospital and the al-Karama neighborhood with intensive shelling, rendering the hospital out of service. The State of Qatar denounced the Israeli claim that there were tunnels beneath the hospital. A video showed the scale and nature of the destruction caused to the hospital as a result of the shelling and invasion by the occupation army[7].

On February 6, 2024: In a report prepared by Arab TV, the occupation's narrative claiming the existence of a resistance tunnel near Sheikh Hamad Hospital was refuted[8].

February 7, 2024: Al-Jazeera’s English-language channel published a video clip showing the extent of the destruction left by the occupation army inside the hospital after its withdrawal[9].

The main targeting and assaults During the genocide

Sources

HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Website.
The New Arab newspaper, News release.
Anadolu Agency, News release.
HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Website.
HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Website.
HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Twitter.
Journalist Muthanna Al-Najjar, quoting the Qatari Ambassador "Mohammed Al-Emadi", Telegram.
Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics - Gaza, Facebook.
Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics - Gaza, Facebook.