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How to Provide Urgent Medical Care to Gaza
February 13 @ 10:30 am
Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed — only 9 to 17 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are minimally functional — 18,500 people, including 4,096 children, await evacuation for urgent, treatable conditions like trauma and cancer. Although international law requires ensuring medical access within occupied territories, transfers of the sick and injured are blocked. Already more than 1000 Gazans have died waiting for medical care. We are in a race against time. Without urgent care, more civilians will die or become permanently disabled. Join international experts who will share what is needed to enable the people of Gaza to access the care they need and how you can help.
PANELISTS:
- Dr. Michal Feldon – Tel- Aviv University, Israel: Senior pediatrician, specializing in child health and humanitarian medicine in conflict-affected regions.
- Dr. Ahmed Alfarra – Nasser Hospital, Gaza: Head of pediatrics and maternity.
- Dr. Feroze Sidhwa – USA: Trauma surgeon with extensive humanitarian deployments in Palestine, Ukraine, and other global hotspots.
- Tirza Leibowitz – Physicians for Human Rights, Israel: Human rights advocate, focusing on accountability, justice, and medical ethics in the occupied territories.
- Dr. Eyad Amawi – Gaza Relief Committee, Palestine: Humanitarian aid coordinator addressing famine, disease, and relief efforts in Palestine
- Dr. Thaer Ahmad – Humanitarian Emergency Medicine Physician, USA: Global health director at Advocate Christ Medical Center Chicago, with experience in Gaza & Lebanon.
MODERATORS:
- Dr. Ruth Gibson – Stanford University: Academic specializing in global health, foreign affairs, a n d maternal-child health in geopolitically volatile areas.
- Dr. Keith Martin – Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, USA: Physician, Former MP, Canada.