We entered a large storage room in the corner of the I.C.U. which was crammed with medical devices: ultrasound machines, I.V. pumps, dialysis machines, blood-pressure monitors. Each had apparently been destroyed by a bullet—not in a pattern one would expect from random shooting but, rather, methodically. I was stunned. I couldn’t think of any possible military justification for destroying lifesaving equipment. When I asked the I.D.F. for comment, the spokesperson said, “Claims that the IDF deliberately targets medical equipment are unequivocally false.”
Ezz told me that during the raid doctors had to perform thoracostomies, in which the chest is cut open to relieve pressure from internal injuries, without pain medication or sedatives. “The screaming of the patients was very loud,” he said. They had no CT scanner or neurosurgeon; patients with severe head trauma eventually stopped breathing and died. Even after these experiences, Ezz seemed intent on practicing medicine in Gaza, perhaps after a residency abroad. “This is my purpose,” he said.
Den här reportaget i The New Yorker från de attackerade sjukhusen i Gaza är något av det mest omskakande jag läst. Förutom genomgång av fruktansvärt, mardrömsframkallande lidande; konstaterande av systematisk israelisk förstörelse av medicinsk utrustning. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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