Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate. The hospital spans 20,000 square meters on 65,000 square meters of land and has its own power station. Serving a population of 500,000, the hospital has 927 employees, including 207 doctors and 352 nurses and a capacity of 308 beds[1].
Plans for the construction of the hospital began in 1989, during the first intifada, as a result of the health crisis that the Gaza Strip witnessed during that period due to the lack of medical facilities and the constant rise in the number of injuries[1]. With the support of the European Union (EU), the hospital was initially built with a capacity of 232 beds, to provide secondary healthcare services. At the time, it was the first hospital to be built in Gaza in 25 years[2]. The project entered the planning phase of the construction process in 1993, while the hospital became operational in 2000. A hospital management decision committee was formed by UNRWA, the EU, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health to plan and determine the management of the hospital, which was transferred from UNRWA to the Palestinian Authority in 1997[2].
Development
On June 13, 2012: The Ministry of Health in Gaza opened new departments in the European Gaza Hospital, including open-heart surgery, neurosurgery, a new intensive care unit, magnetic resonance, kidney lithotripsy, and computed tomography[4].
In early 2020, The hospital became the main hospital equipped to receive COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health expanded the hospital's critical care capacity by 30% to 150 beds, including 70 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators and 80 beds in the intermediate care unit[5].
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