Deliberate destruction of Gaza's healthcare system must end

Irish healthcare workers want the Government, professional organisations, and educational institutions to insist that Israel halts its egregious assault on the population of Gaza

Hussam Abu Safiya, centre, supervises the treatment of a Palestinian man at Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza last year. Healthcare workers are calling for the doctor’s immediate release. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

As Irish healthcare workers, we understand the fragility of a health system. We see the impact of pandemics, resource limitations, the high prevalence and toll of cancer and cardiovascular illnesses, the impact of deprivation on health, yet we are privileged to work in a health system which is not under constant threat of violence.

We have never witnessed the continuous, incessant, and deliberate destruction of an already fragile health service as we have done over the past 15 months in Gaza.