Israel-Palestine: How Palestinian healthcare is being decided by Israel's deeply flawed permit regime
5 years, 7 months ago

Israel-Palestine: How Palestinian healthcare is being decided by Israel's deeply flawed permit regime

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That is why, this week I have written to foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, requesting that international pressure be placed on the Israeli authorities to overhaul the permit system, which is affecting the most vulnerable patients. During my visit to the neo-natal unit at Makassad Hospital, I met the sole survivor of premature triplets who were born at 26 weeks – doctors had to tell her parents over the phone that both her siblings had died, as her mother had to return to Gaza days after giving birth. open image in gallery In the paediatric oncology unit at Augusta Victoria Hospital, I met a four-year-old girl who, during the initial induction phase of her chemotherapy, was not permitted to have her mother accompany her, so her elderly grandmother had to be present instead.

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Gaza Doctor’s Kidnapping Underscores Israel’s Pattern Of Targeting Health Care
9 hours, 35 minutes ago

Gaza Doctor’s Kidnapping Underscores Israel’s Pattern Of Targeting Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the Israeli military continues to block access to a high-profile Palestinian doctor they kidnapped last month, medical workers and aid groups say that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s ongoing detention and the lack of transparency around it underscores Israel’s larger campaign of systematically destroying Gaza’s health care system. That’s illegal detention, it’s an illegal arrest.” Recently released …

Israel detains director of key north Gaza hospital as WHO condemns raids
1 week, 6 days ago

Israel detains director of key north Gaza hospital as WHO condemns raids

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces storm Kamal Adwan Hospital, putting the last remaining medical facility in northern Gaza out of service. Israel’s army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization said Israeli assaults on medical facilities are a “death sentence” for thousands of Palestinians. An Israeli military assault on the Kamal …

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Salon  

Just over a year ago, after a massive explosion in the parking area of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza killed 471 people and wounded hundreds more, plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who was performing surgery at Al-Ahli when the roof fell in, gave an extraordinary press conference. Related Why warzones are the perfect place for antibiotic resistance and …

UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure
2 months, 1 week ago

UN report accuses Israel of willfully destroying Gaza’s health care infrastructure

Salon  

Six days after the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel ordered the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza. The Times of Israel reported in January that Israeli medical professionals were instructed by Israel’s Health Ministry not to cooperate with the U.N. commission, after it sent letters and emails to doctors and hospital staff who had …

Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children
9 months, 1 week ago

Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. Doctors perform surgery on a patient at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, center, examines wounded children at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Pediatrician Tanya Haj-Hassan, examines wounded …

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children
9 months, 1 week ago

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is …

How doctors in Gaza persevere amid Israel attacks
11 months, 2 weeks ago

How doctors in Gaza persevere amid Israel attacks

Al Jazeera  

“No doctor wakes up in the morning and says: ‘I'm going to amputate a child's leg without anaesthesia.’ “You don't want to watch children suffer,” Dr Amber Alayyan with Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, tells Al Jazeera. “It doesn’t match anything I’ve seen before, even with previous escalations and war,” says Ziara, who has worked during …

WHO's SOS on Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital: ‘It’s a bloodbath, needs resuscitation'
1 year ago

WHO's SOS on Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital: ‘It’s a bloodbath, needs resuscitation'

Hindustan Times  

Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital's emergency department has been devastated by Israeli bombardments and is "a blood bath" which is "in need of resuscitation", the World Health Organisation said after a team from the global health body and other United Nations agencies delivered medical supplies to the hospital. It is a “hospital in need of resuscitation”, WHO warned as only 30 patients …

NHS doctor says family’s situation in Gaza has worsened despite ceasefire
1 year, 1 month ago

NHS doctor says family’s situation in Gaza has worsened despite ceasefire

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Over the past two weeks or so it has become very difficult to get …

Biden says Gaza hospital must be protected as tanks close in
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden says Gaza hospital must be protected as tanks close in

Al Jazeera  

US president says he hopes to see ‘less intrusive action’ at Al-Shifa Hospital as patients and staff remain trapped inside. United States President Joe Biden has said that Gaza’s largest hospital “must be protected” as Israeli tanks surround the facility with hundreds of patients and staff trapped inside. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Biden said he …

Hamas Says All Hospitals in Northern Gaza 'Out of Service,' Toll in Al-Shifa Rises to Six Babies
1 year, 1 month ago

Hamas Says All Hospitals in Northern Gaza 'Out of Service,' Toll in Al-Shifa Rises to Six Babies

News 18  

The Hamas-run health ministry said Monday that none of the hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are operational, as intense fighting continued between Israeli troops and Hamas militants. Rish told the French agency that a premature baby and two patients have died in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital, as the facility suffered fuel shortages amid intense fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas …

‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege

Al Jazeera  

All the hospitals in northern Gaza forced to shut down as Israeli forces continue to attack medical facilities. At least 32 patients, including six premature babies, have died at the al-Shifa Hospital in the last three days, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said Monday, as Gaza’s largest medical facility was forced to shut down due to lack of fuel …

Israel claims it offered evacuations and fuel to besieged Gaza hospital
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel claims it offered evacuations and fuel to besieged Gaza hospital

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Gaza health ministry spokesperson told the broadcaster, “It …

Gaza’s healthcare system ‘collapsing’ as hospitals turn off ventilators
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza’s healthcare system ‘collapsing’ as hospitals turn off ventilators

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gaza’s heathcare system is “collapsing” …

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