Archbishop's Chaplain, Canon Don Binder, reports on how the resilience of hospital staff is restoring the surgical capacity at Al Ahli following the Palm Sunday attack which reduced capacity by 80%.
On Palm Sunday, Israeli missiles targeted the emergency ward of our Ahli Hospital in Gaza, destroying it.
As a result, the number of daily surgeries that could be performed dropped from an average of 24 down to 5. It was a massive 80% decrease, leading to the loss of life for many severely wounded victims.
However, thanks to the grit of our enterprising hospital staff, a tent has now replaced the destroyed ward, and damaged equipment has been replaced or repaired. As a result, the number of daily surgeries has risen back to its pre-attack levels.
Of course, we long for the time when military assaults against innocent civilians will cease and there will be no need for this number of life-saving operations to be performed. We hope that day will come very soon.
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