‘This is the path I chose…’ The lives and deaths of health workers in Gaza
“Forgive me, Mum. This is the path I chose — to help people.” When Rifaat Radwan utters these words, he has minutes to live. A…
Tag: Israel-Gaza war
‘They were scared I was going to be killed’: The Aussie doctor who read his own death notice
This story has been updated. See footnote. Dr Mohammed Mustafa’s medical mission to Gaza became so dangerous that the aid organisation that sent him prepared…
‘The smell of death everywhere’: Doctors and nurses return to Gaza amid a fractured peace
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gaza residents returned home last month. The news images showed the lines of people with their belongings traversing a moonscape.…
‘Doctors are at breaking point’: A day in Gaza’s last hospital
Relentless bombings and airstrikes by Israeli forces continue to kill hundreds of people across Gaza, while medical staff in hospitals are stretched to their limits…
‘People used their phone lights so we could operate on the patient’s abdomen’: Aussie surgeon on life and death in Gaza
Operating by phone torchlight as flies landed on open wounds, Melbourne surgeon Dr Bushra Othman describes conditions at a Gaza hospital as close to “unimaginable”.…
MSF head defends its Gaza neutrality but says its doctors are also ‘the voice of the people’
The head of Médecins Sans Frontières has defended the charity’s impartiality, saying it works in a “spirit of neutrality”. On Tuesday, Dr Christos Christou, Médecins Sans…
Aussie surgeon’s two weeks in Gaza: ‘Is this kid going to have a good life if I save him?’
When Sydney colorectal surgeon Dr Sanjay Adusumilli was performing surgery on a 10-year-old in Gaza, part of him just wanted the child to die peacefully.…
‘The bombing is getting closer every day’: Sydney doctor on aid mission trapped in Gaza
A Sydney emergency doctor trapped inside Gaza is pleading with the Australian Government to do more to get him and colleagues out of the war…
Doctors who speak out against the Gaza medical catastrophe deserve more support from AHPRA
The horror of the war in Gaza is almost too hard to watch. The temptation is to look way. I certainly need to look away…
Instagram account defends outing dozens of doctors it says are anti-Semitic
An anonymous Instagram account that posts pictures and workplaces of doctors it accuses of anti-Semitism says it is targeting racists. The account Notmydoctor48 has made…
