Front Burner

Life and death at a Gaza hospital

Syrian-Canadian doctor Anas Al-Kassem tells his stories from the frontlines of Gaza’s medical crisis, where he just spent two weeks providing emergency care to wounded civilians.
man in scrubs kneels over child laying on stretcher
Al-Kassem stitches up a child's wound on the floor on the hospital. (Submitted by Anas Al-Kassem)

A few weeks ago, Syrian-Canadian doctor Anas Al-Kassem, along with 5 other doctors from the U.S and Canada, went on a medical mission to southern Gaza.

They were stationed at two hospitals in Khan Younis. With explosions nearby, they closed wounds, amputated limbs, and saved the lives that they could.

Today, Dr. Anas Al-Kassem on what he saw during the mission, the state of the hospitals in Gaza, and the continuing health and humanitarian crisis in the region.

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