Some of Lebanonโs hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past day, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
The life-saving trauma kits include bandages, antibiotics and anesthetics to treat patients who sustained war-related injuries, the WHO stated.
โSome of the trauma management supplies were in short (supply) and we may run out in a few days,โ Dr Abdinasir Abubakar the WHOโs representative in Lebanon told Reuters.
Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday after itsย biggest attacksย of the war on its neighbor on Wednesday killed more than 250 people and more than 1,000 were injured, and threatened to torpedo Donald Trumpโs truce from the outset.
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โIf we have another mass casualty, like what happened yesterday, it will be a disaster,โ Abubakar said.
โProbably we will lose more lives just because we donโt have enough supplies,โ he added.
Shortages of supplies of trauma kits have been driven by a surge in recent casualties โ the majority of whom are civilians โ with roughly three-weeks worth of supplies being depleted in one day, Abubakar stated.
Medicines to treat patients with chronic disease, such as insulin for diabetes patients, are also facing stock outs within the weeks โ afterย supply chains were disruptedย following the war in the Gulf and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Abubakar said.
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