Caesarean section operations are being performed without anaesthetic in the Gaza Strip at times due to the lack of medicines available, according to a UNICEF spokeswoman. The UN children's charity said there was not only a lack of anaesthetic drugs in hospitals, but also that mothers are having to leave hospital three hours after having Caesarian section operations due to overcrowding. One nurse reported that she had had to perform caesarean sections on six dead mothers in eight weeks to save th