WHO leads medical evacuation of 41 critical patients out of Gaza, chief says

AL-Monitor
Oct 22, 2025
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, delivers his speech after inaugurating the WHO Academy campus, which promotes lifelong learning across the health sector, in Lyon, France December 17, 2024. Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, delivers his speech after inaugurating the WHO Academy campus, which promotes lifelong learning across the health sector, in Lyon, France December 17, 2024. Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS — Laurent Cipriani

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization led the medical evacuation of 41 critical patients and 145 companions out of Gaza, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an X post on Wednesday. More than 15,000 Gaza patients are awaiting evacuation, including 3,800 children, according to the World Health Organization.

(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)