With no fuel in his car, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza travels by bicycle over damaged roads and rubble, from one makeshift shelter to another, to provide treatment and medicine to patients.
“My car ran out of fuel and I had to leave it in the area where I took refuge in Bureij. I bought a bicycle and rode 15 kilometers round trip to the Gaza Chronic Disease Center to accompany and check on my patients at the UN Schools. Sometimes we visit the homes of wounded people who cannot reach them. [ao local] and who we are in contact with,” the doctor told Reuters.
Hassan Zein al-Din, 54, said most people’s medicines were left under the rubble. The doctor goes to schools to be able to examine and treat people with chronic diseases, especially people with high blood pressure and diabetes, since they are the ones most likely to die, especially due to lack of access, transportation and fuel. hospitals.
“One of the obstacles is the road itself, because sometimes there are bombings and the road is damaged, so I have to carry the bike on my shoulders and walk until I overcome the rubble and destruction and reach the road in good condition,” Hasan told the news agency .
According to Reuters, the enclave suffers from shortages of food, water, fuel and medicine amid ongoing conflict with Israel.
“I think there is not a single doctor in Gaza who does not have the ability to do this or even more. They cut off our fuel, water and electricity, but not our property,” he stressed.
Author: morning Post
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