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Much of the Healthcare System in Gaza Has Effectively Collapsed, Emergency Physician Says
- Dr. Victoria Rose, a plastic surgeon from London, operated on a severely injured 18-year-old patient at Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex during the intense conflict in May 2025.
- The Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, 2023, after Hamas attacked Israel, triggering relentless Israeli bombings and a ground operation targeting Hamas militants in Gaza.
- Nasser Medical Complex faces over 100% bed occupancy with 47% of essential drugs and 65% of consumables out of stock, while malnutrition worsens wound infections and patient recovery.
- Rose described a sharp increase in the number of bomb victims and explained that a brief pause in the airstrikes would allow the hospital to manage the overwhelming patient backlog.
- The healthcare system in Gaza is severely strained, with depleted staff and disruptions risk causing ICU patient deaths if Nasser Medical Complex collapses amid fears Israeli troops may encircle it.
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Ahmed Abu Wardas, doctor at Nasser Hospital, to THE COUNTRY: “We accept patients beyond our abilities or criteria because there is no other place where they can be cared for”
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British surgeon volunteering in Gaza hospital details 'dire situation'
ABC News (GAZA and LONDON) — This is not the first time Dr. Victoria Rose has visited the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but she said the current situation on the ground is the worst she’s ever seen it. Rose, a London-based consultant plastic surgeon, has been volunteering in weekslong stints at Gaza hospitals since the ongoing Israel-Hamas war erupted in October 2023. Most recently, she spent the month of May operating on the wounded at Nasser Medical…
For almost two months, the Spanish doctor Raúl Incertis Jarillo has been at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where he also needs to recycle syringes and endotracheal tubes.
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