Palestine has been under protracted occupation for over 50 years. The situation in the country is marked by a systematic denial of human rights and continuing conflict, often escalating in outbreaks of violence, blockages, and restrictions.
Doctors of the World is working in Gaza to prepare healthcare facilities for emergency situations and to guarantee access and specialized medical and surgical treatment to the children and youth population with traumatic and orthopedic conditions.
A team of Doctors of the World formed by a surgeon and a child orthopedic orthopedic surgeon, an anesthetist, a nurse and an interpreter, travel to the Nasser hospital, in the city of Khan Yunnis, to visit and operate children affected by malformations. In total, more than 40 operations will be performed, for which medication, surgical material, prostheses, etc. are required.