The Muhammad al-Durrah Hospital is one of the specialized pediatric hospitals in the Gaza Strip and is administered by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The hospital opened in 2000 during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, and was named after the martyr Muhammad al-Durrah, who was assassinated by the occupation forces in the same year. It has a clinical capacity of 100 beds[1], and provides services to residents of the eastern areas of Gaza City, including the Tuffah, al-Zaytun, and Shuja’iyah neighborhoods.

Development

In 2008: The Ministry of Health opened Muhammad al-Durrah Hospital’s intensive care department, with a donation from the Mabarrah Ghanayem Charitable Society from Kuwait[2].

In May 2014: The hospital was recognized by the Palestinian Ministry of Health as a Level 1 Patient Safety Standard Friendly Hospital [3], the first hospital in the Gaza Strip to receive this designation. At the time, the hospital collaborated with the World Health Organization on patient safety standards[4].