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Dr Naveen Cavale, a splastic reconstruction surgeon from Kings College Hospital, London, picured in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza
Dr Naveen Cavale, a specialist plastic reconstruction surgeon from Kings College Hospital, London, picured in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza.
“I’m came to Gaza because this is where the need was”, says Naveen.
“On one night alone in July there were over 200 casualties, 70 of whom needed major surgery.
“There are a lot people here now who need reconstructive surgery and ongoing care. It’s good to be working with MAP and IDEALS to try and help some of them recover.”
“We’ve also been able to help the medical teams here.
“By being able to come back a number of times, by providing some training and some of the processes that we have in London, we’re helping to build capacity for the future”.
UK aid from the Department for International Development has funded teams of NHS doctors like Naveen to deploy to Gaza in conjunction with British charities Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and IDEALS.
They're providing vital life-saving and life-improving surgery to some of the people who were most severely injured in the conflict last year. The doctors have been volunteering in their spare time to visit Gaza roughly once a month over the past eight months, helping to carry out complex operations and provide training to Palestinian colleagues.
Picture © Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for DFID
Dr Naveen Cavale, a splastic reconstruction surgeon from Kings College Hospital, London, picured in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza
Dr Naveen Cavale, a specialist plastic reconstruction surgeon from Kings College Hospital, London, picured in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza.
“I’m came to Gaza because this is where the need was”, says Naveen.
“On one night alone in July there were over 200 casualties, 70 of whom needed major surgery.
“There are a lot people here now who need reconstructive surgery and ongoing care. It’s good to be working with MAP and IDEALS to try and help some of them recover.”
“We’ve also been able to help the medical teams here.
“By being able to come back a number of times, by providing some training and some of the processes that we have in London, we’re helping to build capacity for the future”.
UK aid from the Department for International Development has funded teams of NHS doctors like Naveen to deploy to Gaza in conjunction with British charities Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and IDEALS.
They're providing vital life-saving and life-improving surgery to some of the people who were most severely injured in the conflict last year. The doctors have been volunteering in their spare time to visit Gaza roughly once a month over the past eight months, helping to carry out complex operations and provide training to Palestinian colleagues.
Picture © Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for DFID