Last night was difficult. Exhausted to the point of pain but I couldnt sleep till the early hours of the morning. It rained at 8:30 am cleared the smoke from the air and the sky was beautiful. I was able to operate on a 5 year old with a nasty foot injury.
Today is a new day.
I am javing to do major wound dressing changes that are excruciatingly painfulll with no ketamine, morphine or even Tramadol. With nothing. Otherwise wounds are getting infected.
The letter stated, “No place is safe for anyone who confuses hospitals with terrorism. The residents of Gaza who agreed to transform the hospital into a terrorist den and benefit from Western morals, are those who caused their own annihilation, the liquidation of terrorism"
Came to Ahli-Baptist hospital this morning to decrease the load on Shifa hospital and try to clear some beds. Operations ran late so I stayed and did not go back to Shifa as I do every day around 4pm. The randomness of death is its most cruel feature.
We need to get real about how many celebrities who have inspired, entertained and shaped our cultural space have succumbed or been damaged by drugs and alcohol abuse. The list continues to grow and we soften it with tales such as’ drowning’, ‘found in bath’ ‘died at home’ etc.