by Dr Haytham Hamden | Dec 30, 2023
Gaza’s health care system has collapsed. But how and why in the 21st century can a region the size of a quarter of London, that serves a population of 2.3million people just no longer be able to serve its population? The crippling siege on Gaza over the last 17 years...
by Dr Najeeb Rahman | Dec 30, 2023
As an emergency physician, I’m often reliant on checklists, guidelines, protocols and tools to support my clinical decision making. I recognise that I work in a system which requires coordination of care, collaboration with colleagues across disciplines, and an...
by Dr Suleiman Al Dakhoul | Apr 28, 2023
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported a M7.8 and M7.5 Earthquake Sequence struck near Nurdağı, Turkey (Türkiye) on February 6, 2023. The earthquake and its aftershocks affected many regions in southern Turkey and Northwest Syria,leading to a death toll that...
by Mohamed Yasser Sabouni | Apr 28, 2023
I have organised and led ten medical missions to Lebanon since 2016 to treat Syrian refugee children with congenital bone, joint and limb deformities who would otherwise have not been able to afford or access treatment. I trained in the United Kingdom...
by Dr Yusuf Ghumra | Aug 7, 2022
Introduction In late 2021 I embarked on an out-of-program opportunity as a visiting lecturer in anaesthesia at the College of Anesthesiology, Addis Ababa University. During my placement I had to evacuate the country due to the civil war in Ethiopia and spent two...
