Palestine — The Palestinian Ministry of Health, based in Ramallah, has raised serious concerns about major shortages of medicines and essential medical supplies. A third of essential medicines not available, hundreds more at critically low levels in Palestine It says that a significant portion of items on the Essential Medicines List are no longer available. Over a third are completely out of stock and hundreds more running critically low. Altogether, more than 726 medicines and medical consumables have run out in Ministry storage facilities. This is already having a direct impact on patients. Over 4,000 people with cancer are now at…