By leena.sahlou
Dear member of the MedGlobal community, Reaching the end of 2024, we are filled with pride and inspiration as well as dismay and outrage. As humanitarians, our purpose is to bring a measure of healing and humanity into spaces of pain and violence. Spaces like the overcrowded camps in southern Bangladesh housing over a million Rohingya stripped … Continued
By leena.sahlou
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By leena.sahlou
MEDIA CONTACT: Prapti Ajmera, West End Strategy Team [email protected], +1 (202) 867-5231 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27, 2024 MedGlobal Condemns Ongoing Violent Assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza MedGlobal unequivocally condemns the brutal violation of a protected medical space as our colleagues report 50 people killed, including five medical workers, in Israeli … Continued
By leena.sahlou
We are heartbroken and infuriated at the brazen killing of our colleague Ahmed Elkhlout in northern Gaza on November 29. Ahmed, a nurse with MedGlobal, was walking to start his next shift at Kamal Adwan hospital when a helicopter gunship opened fire at approximately 10:30am. Ahmed did not survive his injuries in part because emergency … Continued
By leena.sahlou
Yamen just wanted to play with his friends. The eleven-year-old boy always had to walk carefully through the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza, because his cracked glasses were prone to slipping down his nose. His poor vision made it difficult to see and impossible to keep up as the other children kicked a deflated ball around. … Continued
By leena.sahlou
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 25th, 2024 CONTACT: Logan Bayroff, [email protected], 516-965-5159 MedGlobal is alarmed and appalled by the ongoing attacks on northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital, which on Sunday wounded the hospital’s director Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, MedGlobal’s lead physician in Gaza, along with a dozen other hospital personnel. Dr. Abu Safiya reported that he was hit … Continued
By leena.sahlou
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr. Paul Holtrop reflects on his mission to equip midwives with critical newborn care skills in the heart of Cox’s Bazar. Near the crowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, home to roughly a million Rohingya refugees who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar, Dr. Paul Holtrop, a retired U.S. neonatologist, recently completed a critical MedGlobal … Continued
By leena.sahlou
In the wake of the recent U.S. election, we at MedGlobal find ourselves reflecting on the challenges that lie ahead for healthcare, human rights, and humanitarian efforts both domestically and around the globe. We acknowledge the concerns and anxieties experienced by the communities we serve as they navigate the uncertain implications of potential new policies … Continued
By leena.sahlou
For Immediate Release October 28, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] Update: MedGlobal Condemns the Increasing Arrests of MedGlobal Healthcare Staff in Gaza and Calls for Immediate International Support Following the recent arrest of MedGlobal’s Nurse at Kamal Adwan Hospital, MedGlobal confirms that a total of five MedGlobal-affiliated staff were detained in the same incident. With limited … Continued
By leena.sahlou
For Immediate Release October 26, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] #NotATarget: MedGlobal Condemns the Arrest of Mahmoud Lubbad, MedGlobal Staff and Nursing Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital At 6 a.m. this morning, Mahmoud Lubbad, a MedGlobal staff member and the Nursing Director at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, was arrested, along with 30 other medical staff. … Continued