Our main objective in the current emergency was to get surgical teams and life-saving equipment/supplies into Gaza as soon as possible.
Our first team worked at the European Gaza hospital, Khan Younis, for two weeks from 27th December 2023, our second team returned from the same hospital a fortnight ago, and our third team travel out on Sunday 25th February.
We have been able to support local colleagues, exhausted and fearful for their families, with the emergency surgical management of survivors of major trauma (predominantly blast and crush injuries), and the subsequent management of patients with complex limb injuries.
So many of these patients have lost family members and have devastating, disabling wounds, requiring multiple operations and lifelong rehabilitation.
