Pope Francis’s popemobile set to be Gaza health clinic

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Pope Francis’s popemobile set to be Gaza health clinic

One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the ******** says.

The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in the ************ enclave, where health services have been devastated by the Israeli invasion.

UN children’s agency UNICEF says more than 9000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the beginning of the year.

Pope Francis, who died last month, entrusted the mobile clinic venture to the Catholic aid organisation Caritas Jerusalem in the months before his death, ******** News said.

“This is a concrete, life-saving intervention at a time when the health system in Gaza has almost completely collapsed,” said Peter Brune, Secretary General of Caritas Sweden, which is supporting the project.

The mobile unit will be equipped with rapid infection tests, vaccines, diagnostic tools, and suture kits, and staffed by medical personnel.

Caritas plans to deploy the clinic to communities without access to functioning healthcare facilities once humanitarian access to Gaza is feasible.

“It’s not just a vehicle,” Brune added.

“It’s a message that the world has not forgotten about the children in Gaza.”

Gaza has a tiny Christian community and the ******** has said Francis used to call the Holy Family Church in Gaza on an almost daily basis for much of the war, which started in October 2023 when ****** militants attacked southern Israel.

Francis had a number of popemobiles, with the one used in the 2014 visit to Israel and the ************ Territories staying in the region following his return to the ********.

A conclave to elect a new Pope starts on May 7.

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