28-year-old Dr. Muhammad Ghuneim, serves as an emergency physician at the Al-Shifa medical complex, which stands as the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
He reveals that, much like nearly all the hospital staff, he has been unable to leave the premises since the bombardment commenced a week ago.
“All the staff need to go home to see their families, but they can’t because of the number of people coming in that need help. They are checking every single ambulance to see if anyone from their neighbourhood.”
He mentions that roughly 60% of the incoming casualties at the hospital are women, children, and the elderly. Furthermore, the hospital is facing a critical shortage of medical supplies, and they anticipate that the fuel to power the generators will be depleted today.
“That means no surgeries, no oxygen for patients. We feel so helpless, like we can’t do anything.”
Dr. Ghuneim, who pursued his medical studies in Aberdeen, Scotland, but has spent his entire life in Gaza, expresses a complete lack of desire to depart.
“We don’t need a path to leave Gaza. We just need a humanitarian path to support Gaza with medical supplies and humanitarian aid.”
“I am calling every single human in the world – to protest in the street, and ask your government to help stop this aggression,” he says.