by Dr Sufian Hamoudeh | Dec 31, 2023
Dear Editor, The situation has changed here after the 7th October, and amongst the most significant changes has been to the healthcare system in the West Bank, especially in Jerusalem. The main hospitals that have been affected in Jerusalem are Maqasid Hospital, the...
by Mr.Mahmoud Kandil | Dec 31, 2023
Dear Editor Since the commencement of the war in Gaza on 07/10/23, health care facilities and professionals have been deliberately targeted by the IDF. As of 02/12/23, the IDF has ruthlessly claimed the lives of 264 health care professionals in Gaza, among them 47...
by Dr Ezzedin Gouta | Dec 30, 2023
Dear Editor, The onslaught on the innocent people of Gaza on the decimation of its infrastructure by Israel is incomprehensible and truly beyond all imagination. We’ve not seen destruction and the loss of innocent lives in such a short time in which children and women...
by Prof.M.Zafer Wafai, Serene Wafai | Dec 30, 2023
We, the medical historians, are indebted to the late Lucien Le Clerk (1) for his discovery of this invaluable book and for bringing it to the attention of the medical historian community based on the only manuscript known of the time in the national library W. Pertsch...
by Mr Ammar Darwish | Dec 30, 2023
Conflict has devastating effects on countries, in particular those with low resources and stretched health systems. It weakens and further stretches medical systems, often rendering them extremely vulnerable. Conflict causes loss of life, the destruction of homes and...