{"id":8015,"date":"2024-09-17T15:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/thousands-of-gaza-amputees-to-get-rapid-prosthetic-limbs-using-uk-tech\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:04:42","slug":"thousands-of-gaza-amputees-to-get-rapid-prosthetic-limbs-using-uk-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/thousands-of-gaza-amputees-to-get-rapid-prosthetic-limbs-using-uk-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Gaza amputees to get rapid prosthetic limbs using UK tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jordanian-led programme to help fit prosthetic limbs to thousands of victims of the Gaza war has begun.<\/p>\n

Two mobile clinics entered Gaza <\/strong>on Monday tasked with helping around 14,000 amputees.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Using cutting-edge British designed technology, the doctors hope to be able to fit a functioning prosthesis every hour.<\/p>\n

The estimated cost of each fitting is around \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n

“Medical estimates indicate that over 14,000 people have been injured and lost one or more limbs,” said Brigadier General Mustafa al Hiyari, from the Jordanian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

“Our project is distinguished not only by the large number (of prosthetics provided) but also by its speed, as specialists will declare, a prosthetic limb would be installed in less than an hour.<\/p>\n

“Those who cannot reach the hospital, the equipped vans will go to them.”<\/p>\n

The vast majority of amputees from the war<\/strong> cannot leave Gaza for treatment elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The programme involves UK-based companies Koalaa and Amparo, both of which have developed easy-to-fit sockets for upper and lower limb prosthetics.<\/p>\n

Each fitting will be registered digitally, allowing for remote follow-up procedures with specialist doctors based in Jordan’s capital Amman or around the world.<\/p>\n

‘Beyond catastrophic’ in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

New analysis by aid organisations working in Gaza claims 83% of food aid is being blocked from entering by Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n

According to the data, an average of 69 trucks per day entered Gaza during August, compared with 500 a day during the same month in 2023.<\/p>\n

During that month, more than one million people didn’t receive any food rations in central or southern Gaza, the research found.<\/p>\n

Many in Gaza are now only eating one meal every other day, raising concerns of severe malnutrition and hunger.<\/p>\n

“The situation was intolerable long before last October’s escalation and is beyond catastrophic now,” said Jolien Veldwijk, CARE country director in the West Bank<\/strong> and Gaza.<\/p>\n

“Over 11 months, we have reached shocking levels of conflict, displacement, disease and hunger.<\/p>\n

“Yet, aid is still not getting in, and humanitarian workers are risking their lives to do their jobs while attacks and violations of international law intensify.”<\/p>\n

The research also found only 35% of required insulin and half the required blood supply are available in Gaza, while 1.87 million people are in need of shelter.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong> accuses Hamas of stealing aid and storing it for its own use.<\/p>\n

The Israeli government and military also insist aid is entering Gaza but that aid organisations aren’t distributing it effectively.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Jordanian-led programme to help fit prosthetic limbs to thousands of victims of the Gaza…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}