Medical workers are overworked, unpaid, hungry and demoralized as they struggle to treat the wounded
Yasser Khan is an ophthalmologist at Trillium Health Centre and William Osler Health Centre, an associate clinical professor at McMaster University, and a lecturer at the University of Toronto.
A 45-year-old woman with both eyes ruptured, both legs amputated, and both arms severely fractured briefly clung to life. Her husband, son and two daughters had already been killed by a missile attack. She later died. : bombings and attacks on hospitals; health care workers who have been injured and killed; lack of medical aid, supplies and food; and the disruption of essential services.
Compounding the crisis is the wholesale destruction of sewage and sanitation facilities, along with water pipes. Sewage contamination has created a perfect breeding ground for water-borne diseases. In addition, rainwater is mixing with the remains of thousands of bodies that are decomposing beneath the rubble of bombed buildings, causing bacteria to leach into sewage and water systems.
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