Malnutrition in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels, severely affecting surgical patient outcomes. Young patients, including babies, are dying from starvation rather than combat injuries. The difficulties arise from a combination of blockades on food supplies and lack of essential care items like baby formula. Malnourished families struggle to bring food into the hospitals, leading to devastating consequences in pediatric care. Patients face deteriorating health due to insufficient nutrition, resulting in frequent complications that ultimately lead to death.
Every day I watch patients deteriorate and die, not from their injuries, but because they are too malnourished to survive surgery.
Four babies have died in the last few weeks in this hospital - not from bombs or bullets, but from starvation.
We are witnessing deliberate starvation in Gaza right now... the weaponisation of starvation against an entire population.
When an international colleague tried to bring baby formula into Gaza, Israeli authorities confiscated it.
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