Report on paediatric care in the Moroccan military mission in the Gaza Strip.

ABSTRACT

This report aims to describe the epidemiologic findings of the workload associated with paediatric consultation of the Moroccan Military field hospital in the Gaza Strip. The patient Administration System and Biostatistics Activity database was reviewed and queried for all patients < 15 years of age who were consulted in the Moroccan Army hospital in the Gaza Strip between November 2012 to February 2013. Paediatric consultations during the study period were 7420 (19.9%) out of 37 227 consultations. The largest proportion of children were from 2 to 13 years old (3066 of 7420 children; 41.3%). Combined, pulmonary and gastroenterology diseases were the main causes for consultations (60.4%). Paediatric patients with threatening life injuries form part of the primary responsibility of military medical facilities during wartime. The findings may guide future military medical care planning, particularly in war zones suffering a lack of basic infrastructure, with special a need for medical supplies and drugs.