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@ 🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit
2024-05-19 21:02:51Dr. Hamawy was the Army combat surgeon to operate on Tammy Duckworth when she was wounded in 🇮🇶Iraq. Now he's among the group of World Health Organization-coordinated doctors and aid workers stranded in 🇵🇸Gaza, unable to evacuate.
“On May 13, in violation of international law, our team of medical professionals were denied exit by Israel,” Hamawy writes in an open letter explaining his situation. “When the call finally came to evacuate only U.S. citizens, I chose to stay. As a doctor, I could not, in good conscience, leave my team behind.” The letter calls on the White House to immediately establish a “protected humanitarian corridor” allowing the remaining American medical personnel to evacuate safely and be replaced by teams waiting to enter Gaza. Swapping teams out periodically helps protect the human race's supply of medical experts from burnout in extreme disaster zones like Gaza, making it humanly possible to function effectively while coping with the stress and workload.