Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that a 30-year old woman died at a Gaza hospital after she was unable to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment in Egypt.
Abeer Ahmad Al Agha, a mother of five, was hospitalized at the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. She suffered second-degree burns in the lower part of her body in an accident while cooking a meal for her kids last week.
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, stated that Al Agha died on Tuesday evening.
The Palestine News and Information Center, WAFA, affiliated with Fateh movement, accused Hamas of controlling a department in charge of transferring patients abroad, and of not recognizing referrals to hospitals abroad.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health of the dissolved government in Gaza, said that it decided to control the agenda of referrals in order to stop corruption and bribery, having accused a number officials of receiving bribes in order to agree to refer patients abroad.
The Gaza ministry accused the Palestinian government in Ramallah of refraining from referring patients to Israeli hospitals since December of last year.
On the ground, the main cause for the death of the patients is the Israeli siege imposed on Gaza.
In the past two months, five patients, including two children, have died due to being denied access to medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip. The number of patients who have died due to the Israeli siege is more than 312.
Doctors in Gaza reported that 1000 Palestinian patients have all the necessary documents to receive medical treatment abroad, but Israel is not allowing them to travel.
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