It has been important here at #RACS24 to talk about #Gaza as doctors and surgeons, including the targeting of hospitals and healthcare professionals. If you want to hear what Natalie Thurtle was going to say at the ACEM about working in Gaza, join this upcoming event in Sydney…

Thank you RACS

We are not afraid to talk about Gaza at #RACS24 . We are not afraid to advocate against violence, and for peace. We are not afraid to advocate for provision of healthcare. ✊️✊️✊️

Sentiments from a friend recently returned from Gaza.

Amazing. In a sea of awful news, well done Nathan. An incredible book that shows everything…

❗️In Gaza:

🔴 34,000+ people killed
🔴 490+ medical staff killed
🔴 70,000+ people injured

📢 With more than 1 million people crammed into Rafah, the consequences of a military offensive would be catastrophic.

People in Gaza need an immediate and sustained ceasefire 👇

Link to come see my previously cancelled talk, with panel discussion on how medical individuals and orgs can and should speak on difficult topics. Panellists include Jennifer Tierney Exec Director MSF Australia, Mary Freer from Compassion Revolution and me. Live stream option:)

“Following the recent findings of an independent review of UNRWA's neutrality, the UN’s relief agency for Palestinians, we reiterate our call for the preservation of this organisation’s unique relief capacities,” says Claire Magone, MSF France General Director... 🧵

The explosion in populist leaders and ‘say anything’ politics has filtered down to lower level structures everywhere. Brazen mendacity seems totally acceptable and without consequences.

We seem so lost, how do we lead with integrity when there is no currency but lies and power?

Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate, especially friends in Palestine 🌙

'The other thing that we need to be able to do that we cannot do is evacuate patients, patients who cannot under this current circumstances receive care in Gaza and they need to be able to do that without prejudicing their right of return...' - Dr Amber Alayyan, MSF Deputy…

I am truly amazed by people who look back at these six months and just keep repeating, 'there was no other way.' What does that even mean? Every day, countless decisions were and are made. Humans have agency. There's *always* another way.

MSF extends our condolences to World Central Kitchen (WCK) and the families of the seven aid workers killed in an Israeli strike on 1 April. We are outraged by this deadly attack on humanitarian workers trying to provide food to people in dire need.

MSF is horrified that Al-Shifa hospital is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility. Gaza’s largest hospital is now out of service. Given the extent of the destruction, people in the north are left with even fewer healthcare options.

We're horrified that Al-Shifa Hospital is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility.

Gaza’s largest hospital is now out of service.

Given the extent of the destruction, people in the north are left with even fewer healthcare options.

“If there is an attack on Rafah, we just don't know where to put the patients. There is no place for the patients to go.”

Léo Cans, our head of mission in #Gaza , says any attack on Rafah would be catastrophic and describes the conditions for people in the southern Gaza town.

#Gaza : At noon, March 31st 2024, an Israeli airstrike hit the yard of the Al Aqsa hospital compound where many internally displaced people are sheltering, just outside of the emergency room. People were killed and injured.

North West Regional Hospital in Tasmania is looking for ED registrars. Come and join us. careers.pageuppeople.com/759/cw/en/job/…