HoM for Palestine, Léo Cans, describes the situation in Rafah city but also inside the hospital, and explains the consequences an attack on Rafah will have.

In Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital, MSF supports the outpatient department at Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, taking care of patients in post-operative care, all showing war-related wounds, to relieve the patient loads from European Gaza hospital, An-Najar hospital and Nasser hospital. Inpatient activities were scaled up to 60 beds in January and include one operating theater to perform surgical interventions (skin graft, debridement, removal of external fixators, flap). Dressing under light sedation is provided in the wards to relief the pain of the patients during these painful procedures, especially for the children. Outpatient activities now run 6 days a week with about 150 consultations a day, providing dressing changes, physiotherapy, and counselling.