‘Sickest child I had ever seen’: Canadian doctor recounts hunger in Gaza

Dr Yipeng Ge, a Canadian physician who spent a week treating patients in Gaza in February, said every single person in the territory has been touched by “the overlapping crises of food, water and housing insecurity”.

“One of the children I saw was the sickest child I had ever seen in my medical career,” Ge told Al Jazeera. “He was carried in by his mother and wasn’t able to walk any more because of how malnourished he was. And I could wrap my index finger and my thumb entirely around both the upper arm and the lower leg of this child. And he was nine-10 years old.”

Ge said he was worried the child might have already died.

He added that the lack of water and food, as well as the overcrowding of people into tents in unsanitary conditions, had resulted in outbreaks of respiratory infections, gastrointestinal diseases and a major outbreak of Hepatitis A.

“To heal from such things, we need nutritious food, we need clean water. And without this, we are seeing the worst of the worst, not only communicable diseases and infections which are entirely preventable and also treatable. But we can’t even treat them because of the lack of nutrition and lack of antibiotics,” he said.


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[jackiepaper]

This is the doctor that was suspended from the University of Ottawa for speaking out against the Israeli genocide.

[VerdiChange]

There is no humanity left in the IDF. Starving people to death is beyond evil. And we are all watching live

[Allahisalmighty]

I will never forgive and forget them even if I die and day of judgement

[darrenfranks]

“The children are dying of starvation” speaks volumes

[SMspazzle]

Enough I cannot stomach watching this genicide I cannot even begin to imagine the realities of what the people in gaza are experiencing.

[SmellyPajeet]

Australia 🇦🇺 Philippines 🇵🇭 and India 🇮🇳 always condemn China 🇨🇳 actions in South China Sea but support Israel 🇮🇱 attacking Palestine 🇵🇸
Double standards from India 🇮🇳 Australia 🇦🇺 and Philippines 🇵🇭.

[jade]

Indonesia offered to send a ship hospital because they are generous and charitable and yet Egypt never approved them to dock in their waters!
What is Egypt doing?

[drgregoryhaus]

we've been seeing the worst of monsters and the best of humanity
prayers to all who risk their own lives to save others. stay safe 🙏

[leilaoksanen]

Thank You Doctor YIPENG GE.
GOD BLESS YOU.

[AL-sukz]

Thank you very much Doctor for your help !

[sihammaalal-mhul]

Aaron we need badly someone brave like you to revolt against this incredible oppression and Massacre

[cdfHerze]

A crisis. A horror. A tragedy. All words we’ve heard many times over to describe the situation in Gaza. All woefully insufficient.

[JohnFelinn]

The Israeli society is sick... very sick.

[boysfamily]

May God Almighty reward you all, reveal all truth and make justice for all the oppressed !

[North_Korea]

The silence from Arab countries are concerning

[reenachoudhary]

Why no country initiating to stop this war.. whole world should cometogether to save them..😢

[HolySpiritGuidedChristian]

We have great hospitals in Australia and a lot of room to house you all. Please come here and leave the horrible Israelis to their plans. Lots of Palestinians and Middle Eastern people have settled here already. All integrated well. ❤.

[teenaakhir]

Allahu Rabbi May Allah Grants Ease and Sabr to all our Palestinians brothers and sisters and and those on Righteous Path of Humanity.. Much ❤

[yeryuzusessizgokyuzumavi]

A lot is happening in Gaza, hunger, persecution, suffering, that's enough. Give people their lives back

[JohnFelinn]

I was surprised to learn that the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem have been under occupation for 55+ years 😵, according to the international law and UN resolutions (1967-2023). I've come to believe that justice needs power to enforce it. ⚖❤