Osama sent his family south but refused to evacuate with them, so he can continue working with the Red Crescent to serve his people and country. He spent his final days helping people out of his own pocket. His cousin Mohammed remarked: "This was not strange for Osama – he was a kind person who served others. He loved animals, especially dogs, birds, and chicken." He lost his father at a young age and helped his mother in raising his siblings and supporting them financially and academically.
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Dr. Hassan Hamdan was one of the few reconstructive surgery specialists in the Gaza Strip, as he had worked as a doctor and head of the plastic surgery and burns department at the Nasser Medical Complex in the south of the Gaza Strip until his retirement shortly before the start of the genocide.
Workplace
Key events
Pagination
Health workforce targeted
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Health Sector martyers1172
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Martyred doctors115
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Martyred nurses290
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Health workers martyred in detention4
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Health sector detainees181
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Health sector freed detainees199
Hospital Functionality
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Fully functional hospitals0
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Partially functional hospitals22
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Non-functioning hospitals14
Medicines and Equipments
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Medical Disposables at Zero Stock59%
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Essential Medicines at Zero Stock37%
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Cancer Medicines at Zero Stock54%
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Diabetes Patients with Unavailable Medicines80,000
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Hypertension Patients with Unavailable Medicines110,000
Attacks on Health Care
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Completely destroyed hospitals9
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Partially destroyed hospitals25
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Mass graves in hospitals7
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Ambulances targeted115
Health Impact
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Deaths due to famine52
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Deaths due to extreme cold17
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Cases of infectious diseases2136026
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Patients needing evacuation abroad22000
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Deaths while waiting to travel for medical treatment350



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