Medical professionals must speak and behave on Gaza now Israel’s conflict and the two

I have been closely followed by the Gaza group of genocide in Gaza for a period of nine months when an opportunity to volunteer as part of a medical mission organized by the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the American -Palestinian Medical Association.

As a trained kidney disease specialist, a doctor who treats patients with kidney disease, I felt an urgent need for specialized medical care amid the collapse of the Gaza health care system and the large number of medical specialists who were killed.

I also felt that it was my duty as a Muslim to help the people of Gaza. Islam teaches us that everyone who saves one life, it seems as if it saved all of humanity; The care of others is a worship, and standing against injustice is a moral commitment.

I think my grades are not intended to accommodate the walls of the air conditioner office, help me drive the most beautiful car, or live in an expensive neighborhood. It is a testament to the fact that I have entered the right to devote my experience to the service of humanity, to maintain the utmost respect for human life and to provide my medical knowledge and mercy with those in need.

So on July 16, I left Gaza with a few other paramedics.

We entered the tape through the generous crossing crossing. We have moved from monitoring prosperity, comfort and wealth of the Israeli side to the apostasy in destroying the Palestinian side, destruction and misery. We essentially saw how the apartheid looks.

On our short journey through southern Gaza to reach our destination in Khan Yunis, we saw many buildings bombed, damaged or destroyed. Houses, schools, shops, hospitals and mosques – called what you want.

The amount of rubble was sick. To this day, I cannot cancel the views of the destruction it has witnessed in Gaza.

We absorbed at Al -Nasser Hospital because it was very dangerous to stay anywhere else. We welcomed and sponsored so much that I felt embarrassed. We considered the rescuers.

She dealt with patients with kidney problems, worked as an initial care doctor and sometimes helped during group injuries in the emergency room.

Dialysis requires clean water, sterile supplies, reliable electricity, medicines and equipment that must be preserved and replaced – none of them were guaranteed under the Israeli siege. Each dialysis session was a challenge. Every delay increased the risk of my patients’ death. Many of them died – a fact that he struggled to accept it, knowing that under normal circumstances, many of them could save and live a normal life.

I remember the smiling face of one of my patients, Walid, a young man who suffered from kidney failure caused by early blood pressure, which is a condition, with access to appropriate treatment, could be appropriately managed.

The dialysis was a lifeline, but he could not get enough sessions due to the Israeli siege that causes a severe shortage of medical supplies. Malnutrition and the exacerbation of living conditions raised only its decline.

I remember how much he was in the same breathing, and his body is burdened with fluids and his blood pressure is dangerous. However, every time I saw him, he greeted me with a warm smile, and his soul is sound in one way or another, and his mother is always next to him. A few months after I left Gaza, Walid died.

Another patient to me was Hussein, a nice man, kind -hearted, deepened. His children were interested in love and dignity.

He has suffered from severe blood sugar and workshops: potassium levels in his body were dangerous, and acid is built on toxic levels. To treat his condition, he needed basic medications: potassium supplements and sodium bakerron.

These were simple, inexpensive drugs and saving life, however, the Israeli blockade was not allowed to enter. Because he could not find these pills, Al -Hussein was transferred to the hospital several times for potassium supplements intravenously.

Despite his enormous suffering, Hussein Karaya remained brave and full of faith. When speaking, always repeat the phrase Hamdiyah (praise be to God). He died a few weeks ago, I was told.

Waleed and Hussin should be here – smile, laugh, and live happily with their families. Instead, they became victims of siege and silence. These are two of the many tragic stories that I know and watch. I lost many beautiful lives that could have been saved.

Despite this dark reality, my colleagues in Gaza continue to do their best to their patients.

These are the paramedics who suffer from bruises in everything. They are not only limited to the conflicts of daily life like all other Palestinians in Gaza, but they also witness daily horrors from the severed children, the amputated ends, the entire burning human beings, and sometimes the remains of their loved ones.

Imagine action without anesthesia, limited pain drugs, and a very small number of antibiotics. Imagine surgeons who clean them with normal water, and children who are undergoing numbness, and the full body that is changed patients with patients is changed without relieving pain.

These health care heroes are still continuing.

One of the nurses I worked with, Arafat, left a deep impression on me. He lived in a temporary shelter with many family members. No protection was provided against elements – cold winter, incendiary heat, or souved rain.

It has starved – like all other Palestinians in Gaza – has lost 15 kg (33 pounds) in nine months. He walked one kilometer to 3 kilometers (from 1 to 2 miles) every day to work with worn sandals, facing the threat of bombing or shooting Israeli drones on the street.

However, the smile never left his face. He took care of more than 280 dialysis patients, treat them carefully, listen to their families anxiety and raise his colleagues with a light humor.

I felt very young next to the heroes like Arafat. It was flexible, and his colleagues incredible.

While in Gaza, I had the opportunity to visit the Shiva Hospital with a United Nations delegation. It was previously the largest medical center in Gaza and the most vibrant to ruins. The hospital, which was previously a symbol of hope and recovery, has become a symbol of death and destruction, and deliberate disassembly of health care. It was not surprising to see her charred remains and bombing.

I stayed in Gaza for 22 days. It was a great honor to visit life and service and learn it from the people who are flexible in Gaza. Their courage and design will remain unabated until I die.

Although I witness what I never imagined, I had no desire to leave. I wanted to stay. Once again in the United States, I felt deep guilt because I left behind my colleagues and patients, that I did not stay, and that I did not do enough.

When feeling the constant heart pain, I cannot understand the increasing number of people who are accustomed to daily reports on Palestinian deaths, pictures of torn bodies and children who are starving.

As human beings and as health workers, we cannot stop smoking in Gaza. We cannot stay silent and negative. We must talk publicly and act on the destruction of health care and attacks on our colleagues in the Gaza Strip.

Indeed, healthcare workers are allowed less and the lowest number of health care workers to enter Gaza in medical tasks. The current siege prevented all medical supplies from entering.

As a professional of health care, we must package to demand an immediate siege and free access to medical tasks. We should not stop volunteering to help the stalled medical teams in Gaza. These are speaking and volunteer work that gives our colleagues in Gaza the hope and comfort that has not been abandoned.

Let’s not allow Gaza to be just a symbol of destruction. Instead, let it be an example of a broken spirit.

Standing, speaking and doing – so history does not remember not only the tragedy but also the victory of human sympathy.

Let’s support human dignity.

Let’s tell Gaza, you are not alone!

Humanity to your side!

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