Gaza doctors struggle with bereavement, overwork, trauma amid genocidal war
Summary
Medical workers in Gaza have faced bereavement, displacement, heavy workloads and psychological trauma during the war that began in October 2023. The article describes two Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital staff members whose family losses disrupted their work, and cites figures on deaths among medical personnel and limited access to mental health care.Key Facts
- Anaesthesiologist Manar Fayyad said he found his brother Shadi among patients brought to the operating room after an Israeli air strike on December 27, 2023.
- Fayyad later stopped working in health care and has tried to cope with the trauma without professional help, according to the article.
- Nurse Khaled Raafat lost his wife, children, mother and several siblings in an Israeli air strike on his family home on October 18, 2023.
- Raafat said he later married again, started a new family and returned to work at the hospital.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office says at least 1,700 medical personnel have been killed in Israeli attacks and 83 health workers remain in Israeli detention.
- A study cited in the article found that 41 percent of surveyed medical workers reported losing family members, while 46 percent reported both bereavement and displacement from their workplaces.
- The article reports that at least 78 percent of health workers in Gaza lacked access to mental health services.
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