Médecins Sans Frontières - WEB CLIP Doctor describing photograph VERTICAL EN

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB173751

Date taken / Date Recorded 20/10/2023 12:00 AM

Country Palestinian Territories

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

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Editor's rating ★★★★★★ (B)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m23s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 104.19 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Doctor Obeid
MSF Surgeon
Location: Gaza Strip

Our OT [operating theatre] was full.
So we started operating on the floor, in the corridor.
This lady, who you see, is the mother, she brought her young daughter who is about 13 years old, in the wheelchair.
And on the floor here, I’m operating on her younger son, a nine-year-old, who has a semi-amputated foot.
We lack instruments and we have a lot of cases, so we just amputated under slight sedation.
You can see, this other guy, he’s the anesthetist.
He is trying to keep the boy’s mouth open to prevent him from strangulation.
So, we amputate him in front of his mother and his sister, because there is no space, and the sister is waiting to be operated on next.
You cannot imagine this. This girl, this 13-year-old, waiting for an operation, looking at me, as I am amputating the mid-foot of her brother.
But actually, this is the situation.
This is our best. We cannot do more. And we hope that you can deliver this photo to the world. All the world.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Today in Gaza, hospitals are overwhelmed with high numbers of patients, and doctors are running out of medical supplies. They are forced to operate in such conditions to save lives.
Due to the ongoing siege, running medical and humanitarian operations in Gaza has become extremely complicated. Some of our staff continue to support various hospitals where they can.