Al Jazeera has spoken to Mohammed Tahir, a trauma and nerve surgeon at FAJR Scientific who returned to London from Gaza on Saturday and who has been there on a number of medical missions, about the medical needs in the territory.
He said the patients that need to urgently be evacuated include those who have been directly affected by the war, suffering from bullet and shrapnel wounds, as well as more chronic cases, such as cancer patients.
“Those patients will die unless they are allowed to be evacuated,” Tahir warned, noting that there is a “complete breakdown” of the healthcare system and a lack of appropriate tools and diagnostics.
At the same time, Tahir said, there is a need to redevelop Gaza’s medical system in order to treat the hundreds of thousands of people requiring treatment.
“We need to rebuild the local system, allow the import of critical equipment and expertise, and at the same time allow those with the most urgent needs evacuated so that they have their healthcare needs addressed,” he added.
Tahir also said that from the moment the ceasefire took effect on January 19 until February 2, when he left Gaza, there was “no appreciable change in terms of medical care” as the urgent healthcare needs had not been met.
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