Gaza health ministry says lab supply shortage reaches 80%, urges entry of medicines and medical equipment

[半岛电视台] Gaza's health ministry on October 27 called for medicines, medical consumables and medical equipment to be allowed into the Gaza Strip and for obstacles preventing patients from being evacuated abroad for treatment to be removed, according to Al Jazeera. The ministry said the shortage of laboratory materials reached 80%. According to the report, shortages of essential treatments, from insulin to cancer drugs, are worsening the health crisis in Gaza.