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Facing ‘total collapse,’ Gaza doctors fight to remain a lifeline

Facing ‘total collapse,’ Gaza doctors fight to remain a lifeline

FromThe Take


Facing ‘total collapse,’ Gaza doctors fight to remain a lifeline

FromThe Take

ratings:
Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Gaza’s hospitals are under immense stress as patients and doctors grapple with the unprecedented Israeli order for 1.1 million people to leave Northern Gaza, all during massive bombardment. The scale of carnage would put any health system in the world under stress, but the situation is even more dire for Gaza’s hospitals, which have been deprived for over a decade of basic supplies, staff and maintenance due to years of Israeli blockade. Now with the electricity grid shut down and fuel and water supplies dwindling, hospitals are on the verge of total collapse. 
In this episode: 

Meinie Nicolai, Director General of Doctors Without Borders (@MSF)
Ghassan Abu Sittah (@GhassanAbuSitt1), surgeon at Al Shifa hospital
Belal Aldabbour (@Belalmd12), neurologist
Mahmoud Shalabi, Medical Aid for Palestinians program manager in Gaza (@MedicalAidPal)

Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, Miranda Lin, Sari el Khalili, and Sonia Bhagat, with our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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Released:
Oct 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.