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UN says Gaza hospitals in crisis

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   January 19, 2009

The medical system in Gaza is close to being overwhelmed and the Palestinian enclave faces a humanitarian catastrophe unless a cease-fire is reached soon, a senior U.N. health official said. Sixteen health facilities have been damaged by shelling and fighting during the 3-week-old Israeli offensive, said Tony Laurance, head of the World Health Organization office in Gaza.

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