Palestinian superbug epidemic could spread, say doctors

Medics say antibiotics shortage stops them following protocols to fight drug-resistant bacteria. Doctors in Gaza and the West Bank have said they are battling an epidemic of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a growing problem in the world’s conflict zones, which could also spill over the Palestinian borders. The rise and spread of such virulent infections adds to the […]

He’s treated thousands. The surgeon who keeps returning to Gaza

r. Ghassan Abu-Sitta peers through his black-rimmed glasses at an X-ray. “Not very good,” he quips. “See how the pieces are?” he says to hospital staff, pointing at the fuzzy image.He leans over to cut his patient’s bandages, letting out a sigh. Infection is inevitable, he says, in these “high-energy devitalizing injuries,” his way of […]

Ghassan Abu Sitta, le docteur qui répare les gueules cassées

Depuis 2011, le département de chirurgie plastique qu’il dirige à Beyrouth, a traité plus de 500 patients, des rescapés syriens et irakiens pour la plupart. Lettre de Beyrouth. En matière de chirurgie esthétique, la réputation de Beyrouth n’est plus à faire. Mais, avec le torrent de violences qui ravage le Proche-Orient, la capitale libanaise s’est découvert […]

A Beyrouth, le Dr Abou Sitta reconstruit les corps déchirés

A la cafétéria du centre médical de l’Université américaine de Beyrouth, le petit Khaled, attablé, joue avec un avion en papier qu’il vient tout juste de confectionner. En sirotant son jus de fruit, il fait voler l’appareil au bout de son bras. A côté de lui, sa mère s’entretient avec Thuraya Zareik, une travailleuse sociale […]

Gaza health sector critically ill after war: Gaza’s health services were repeatedly targeted during 50-day war in 2014, according to Palestinian rights groups

Gaza’s health services were repeatedly targeted during 50-day war in 2014, according to Palestinian rights groups. One year after violence tore through the Gaza Strip in the summer war of 2014, Palestinian human rights groups have released a report detailing the damage to Gaza’s health sector, saying that its effect will last well beyond the […]