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Conferencia de prensa de la OMS: Actualización sobre la situación de salud en Gaza - 21 de diciembre de 2023
Conferencia de prensa por Zoom con representantes de la OMS:
- Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, Representante de la OMS en el territorio palestino ocupado, hablando desde Jerusalén
- Sean Casey, coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS - llamando desde Rafah, Gaza
HISTORIA: Actualización de la atención médica en Gaza – OMS
TRT: 3:09”
FUENTE: UNTV CH
IDIOMA: INGLÉS
RELACIÓN DE ASPECTO: 16:9
FECHA: 21 de diciembre de 2023 - GINEBRA, SUIZA
LISTA DE TOMAS
- Toma exterior amplia: Edificio de la ONU con bandera de la ONU, ONU Ginebra.
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) – Sean Casey, Coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS: “Es bastante insoportable ver a personas que ya son víctimas de conflictos que están en lo que debería ser un lugar seguro donde deberían poder acceder a atención, donde están sentados, esperando morir a menos que algo cambie dramáticamente que les permita sobrevivir. Y eso requiere movimiento seguro, requiere un gran aumento de combustible, requiere medicinas, suministros médicos, recursos humanos. Están muriendo de hambre. Están muriendo de sed.”
- Toma de transición: Toma media, edificio de la ONU con bandera de la ONU
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) – Sean Casey, Coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS: “Los pacientes gritaban de dolor, pero también nos pedían que les diéramos agua. Es bastante insoportable ver a alguien con yesos en múltiples extremidades, fijador externo en múltiples extremidades, sin agua potable y casi sin líquidos intravenosos disponibles.”
- Toma de transición: Toma media de la entrada de la ONU en la Place des Nations
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) – Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, Representante de la OMS en el Territorio Palestino Ocupado: “Más de 20,000 personas han sido asesinadas en las hostilidades en Gaza. Esto es en realidad casi el uno por ciento de toda la población. La OMS vuelve a pedir un alto el fuego humanitario. Esto es necesario ahora para reforzar y reabastecer las instalaciones de salud restantes, brindar servicios médicos necesarios a miles de personas heridas y aquellas que necesitan atención esencial, y sobre todo, detener el derramamiento de sangre y la muerte.”
- Toma de transición: Toma amplia, Parque Ariana en la ONU Ginebra
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) - Sean Casey, Coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS: “Pasamos por el patio donde pasamos por encima de un agujero de un bombardeo que había ocurrido solo un par de días antes, pasamos por una fila de cuerpos que habían sido envueltos en blanco, en láminas de plástico,”
- Toma de transición: Toma amplia, bandera de la ONU con edificio del CICR al fondo
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) – Sean Casey, Coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS: “Lo que se consideraría amputaciones innecesarias en el resto del mundo donde hay capacidad para salvar extremidades, donde hay capacidad ortopédica, donde hay capacidad vascular, eso no está allí. No hay cirugías en este momento en el norte de Gaza. Y de hecho, muchos de los pacientes que vi ayer necesitarán amputación si y cuando puedan acceder a atención quirúrgica.”
- Toma de transición: Toma amplia, edificio de la ONU
- DECLARACIÓN (INGLÉS) – Sean Casey, Coordinador de Equipos Médicos de Emergencia de la OMS: “Es demasiado tarde. Estamos atrasados. No hay suficiente comida. Cada persona con la que hablo, en todas partes a las que voy en Gaza, tiene hambre. El momento es ahora. Estamos tratando con personas hambrientas ahora, adultos, niños. Es insoportable. En todas partes a las que vamos, la gente está pidiendo incluso en el hospital, camino por el departamento de emergencias, alguien con una herida abierta sangrante, con una fractura abierta, piden comida.”
- Toma de transición: Toma amplia, calle de banderas de la ONU
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