hospitals

Israel-Hamas war: Gaza City hospitals face strikes and siege as Israeli troops fight Hamas

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Health-care infrastructure in Gaza City is facing near-total collapse as fierce fighting erupts around hospitals with dwindling food, fuel and water supplies. The largest hospital, al-Shifa, came under Israeli attack Saturday, the director general of the Gaza Health Ministry told The Washington Post. Israel denied that its forces were targeting or blockading al-Shifa. The situation … Read more

Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza?

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital. Shells hissed through the hospital courtyard and crashed into wards while Israeli soldiers and Hamas militants … Read more

Israel pushes deep into Gaza City amid ‘catastrophic’ struggles at hospitals

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BEIRUT — Gaza’s embattled hospitals faced near total collapse Saturday as fuel, power and water dwindled, fighting raged outside and Israeli tanks and troops advanced deep into residential neighborhoods in the heart of Gaza City. The rapid deterioration is occurring amid mounting international outrage at the suffering … Read more

Gaza hospitals surrounded by fighting as Blinken warns on Palestinian losses

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks, explosions and falling artillery shells surrounded Gaza City’s overcrowded hospitals on Friday as Israeli forces escalated their battle against Hamas militants despite renewed concerns globally over civilian casualties. At least five hospitals reported being under siege or in close proximity to the fighting … Read more

Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from Gaza’s hospitals

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon says. When the Israeli bombing intensifies and the wounded swamp the Gaza City hospitals where Dr. Nidal Abed works, he treats patients … Read more

Ben Affleck remains silent as ex-wife calls for protection of hospitals

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Former wife calls for protection of hospitals as Ben Affleck remains silent  Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner on Tuesday called for protection of schools and hospitals during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.  While her former husband Hollywood star Ben Affleck has chosen to remain silent on the conflict, Garner is using her Instagram account … Read more

Gaza Hospitals Warn Thousands Could Die Amid Looming Attack

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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hamas’ deadly … Read more

Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being examined in hospitals

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Google’s Med-PaLM 2, an AI software designed to reply questions on medical data, has been in testing on the Mayo Clinic analysis hospital, amongst others, since April, The Wall Road Journal reported this morning. Med-PaLM 2 is a variant of PaLM 2, which was introduced at Google I/O in Might this yr. PaLM 2 is … Read more

Get Prepared for 3D-Printed Organs and a Knife That ‘Smells’ Tumors | WIRED

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To docs and nurses working 75 years in the past, when the UK’s Nationwide Well being Service was based, a contemporary ward can be fully unrecognizable. Quick-forward into the long run, and hospitals are more likely to look very totally different once more. These are a few of the modifications you’re more likely to see … Read more