It is with a very heavy heart that we report the death of our friend and colleague, orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Adnan Bursh.
We are told that he was among those arrested by the Israelis at his hospital in December 2023, taken to Israel, and that he perished in custody on 19 April 2024.
Adnan was our first limb Reconstruction Fellow at King's. He lived with us for six months. He was welcomed into our homes, our hospital, and our lives. He sat at our table. He loved exploring London.
But most of all, he loved his family. He spoke to them every day while he was with us, and at night he left his camera on so they could see him. Since those days, he and his wife have had a third child, a daughter.
We sent him home with our love and a Victorian print of the Great Omari Mosque, one of the oldest in the world, formerly a Byzantine basilica, and itself probably on the site of a Philistine temple. He found it under the arches at Waterloo. It was to remind him of his time with us.
Now Adnan is dead, and the Great Mosque is destroyed.
We weep for Adnan, for his family, and for Gaza.
God bless you, Adnan, and keep you.
