{"id":4165,"date":"2024-09-17T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/thousands-of-gaza-amputees-to-get-rapid-prosthetic-limbs-using-uk-tech\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:01:24","slug":"thousands-of-gaza-amputees-to-get-rapid-prosthetic-limbs-using-uk-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.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":"<p>A Jordanian-led programme to help fit prosthetic limbs to thousands of victims of the Gaza war has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Two mobile clinics entered <strong>Gaza <\/strong>on Monday tasked with helping around 14,000 amputees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>Using cutting-edge British designed technology, the doctors hope to be able to fit a functioning prosthesis every hour.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated cost of each fitting is around \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical estimates indicate that over 14,000 people have been injured and lost one or more limbs,\u201d said Brigadier General Mustafa al Hiyari, from the Jordanian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur 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<p>\u201cThose who cannot reach the hospital, the equipped vans will go to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of amputees from <strong>the war<\/strong> cannot leave Gaza for treatment elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Each fitting will be registered digitally, allowing for remote follow-up procedures with specialist doctors based in Jordan\u2019s capital Amman or around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Beyond catastrophic\u2019 in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New analysis by aid organisations working in Gaza claims 83% of food aid is being blocked from entering by Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>During that month, more than one million people didn\u2019t receive any food rations in central or southern Gaza, the research found.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Gaza are now only eating one meal every other day, raising concerns of severe malnutrition and hunger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation was intolerable long before last October\u2019s escalation and is beyond catastrophic now,\u201d said Jolien Veldwijk, CARE country director in the <strong>West Bank<\/strong> and Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 11 months, we have reached shocking levels of conflict, displacement, disease and hunger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>Israel<\/strong> accuses Hamas of stealing aid and storing it for its own use.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government and military also insist aid is entering Gaza but that aid organisations aren\u2019t distributing it effectively.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jordanian-led programme to help fit prosthetic limbs to thousands of victims of the 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