Inside Gaza with Dr. Altalla, surgeon at Al-Aqsa Hospital

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🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This is our second interview with Dr. Altalla, surgeon at the last fully functional hospital in Gaza, Al-Aqsa, which suffered an airstrike yesterday from the Israeli regime in their courtyard, killing 5+ and maiming others. This was recorded weeks ago following the massacre at Al-Mawasi, the victims from which Dr. Altalla treated. So some of the information is dated but the overall value of the information concerning the medical situation in Gaza is beyond relevant. The internet connection was very spotty at best and required hours of editing to make it viewable. Dr. Altalla also has to be mindful of potential drone strikes on his location as the Israeli regime actively hunts medical staff to further terrorize their resilient people of Gaza. We discuss the dire shortage of medical supplies, the impending Polio pandemic poised to sweep the population of Gaza, the improvisation and bravery by medical staff to make due with what little resources they have to save lives, and some positive moments in the midst of this hell. A teaching assistant at The Faculty of Medicine at Al Azhar University in Cairo and a medical director of Al Amal Health Center. Dr. Altalla wakes up every day to manage the critical task as surgeon for the Surgery Department of Al Aqsa Hospital. Dr. Altalla had the misfortune of witnessing one of the worst surges of patients as a result of the Al Nussiret Massacre which resulted in 270 + murdered and over 700 severely injured. In defiance of the nightmarish and unsafe conditions weaponized to drive medical staff out of Gaza, Dr. Altalla refuses to evacuate until there is a permanent ceasefire. Dr. Altalla is trying to raise money for his Master’s in the UK. You can support Dr. Altalla through his Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr-mohammeds-medical-mission-in-gaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+fundraiser-sidebar&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.mohammed_altalla?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== #doctors #nurses #medical #hospital #paramedics #medicine #crises #disaster

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0:00.0	Hey, family. I'm uploading an interview with Dr. Altala that was recorded on July 22nd.
0:07.5	This is the second interview with Dr. Altala.
0:10.1	As you may have heard, this piece of shit regime bombed the tents right outside Al-Axa hospital,
0:18.7	killing, I believe, five, possibly more and entering probably dozens more.
0:24.7	This is insane when you think about it, when you just think about if that were to happen in the
0:30.1	United States, where we were having a crisis and tents were being constructed outside of a
0:37.2	hospital for patients just trying to get in
0:39.3	the hospital because it's so crowded and it's the last hospital left and then for that to be
0:43.7	bombed by say Russia or China. So it's incredible the hypocrisy here in the West and through our governments.
0:56.9	Dr. Altala has bravely been serving in Gaza and refuses to leave because he sees it as a duty to his people to serve until this genocide ends.
1:10.4	So please show him your support.
1:12.2	He's trying to raise money on a GoFundMe for his master's degree in the UK.
1:16.4	It's what keeps him, it's what keeps the spirits alive, knowing that he has something to look
1:21.3	forward to after this hell.
1:23.4	It's very heartbreaking to hear his story and hear about the ones that he love that are now lost
1:31.3	to this genocide and this piece of shit regime and our piece of shit regime supporting that
1:37.5	piece of shit regime.
1:38.8	So please go and check out the interview, try to watch it all the way through.
1:43.4	There was so many technical glitches that were happening throughout the interview try to watch it all the way through there was so many technical
1:45.1	glitches that were happening throughout the interview because the internet is very spotty in gaza he
1:49.7	cut out like at least 30 times throughout the interview it took me hours to edit the footage
1:54.8	and it took me this long to release this episode because i had to wait for him to upload his local files that were better quality in audio,
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