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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Perlmutter, Dr. Syed and Dr. Sidhwa will talk about their most recent 
 experiences working in the remaining hospitals in Gaza where they witnessed 
 severe injuries and the impact of starvation and displacement on the 
 Palestinians struggling to survive.\n\nDr. Mark Perlmutter is a hand- and 
 upper extremity-orthopedic surgeon in North Carolina. During his second 
 trip to Gaza, he worked in Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah and the Nasser 
 Medical Complex in the south of the territory in March 2025 as part of a 
 WHO program. Perlmutter was working at Nasser hospital when the second 
 floor of the building was the target of an airstrike. The president of the 
 World Surgical Foundation, he has worked in dozens of disaster zones 
 worldwide for decades, including the 9/11 attack in Manhattan, the 
 aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the 2010 
 earthquake in Haiti.\n\nDr. Mimi Syed DO, MBA, FACEP, a board-certified 
 emergency medicine physician, is an assistant clinical professor at 
 University of Washington and Washington State University. She is a fellow 
 of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Syed served in Gaza 
 from August 8 to September 5, 2024, and December 3 to December 31, 2024, at 
 both al-Aqsa Hospital and Nasser Hospital.\n\nDr. Feroze Sidhwa is a 
 general, trauma, and critical care surgeon in Stockton, California who has 
 worked in conflict zones worldwide. He has had extensive experience working 
 with patients in Gaza in March-April 2024 and again from March 3-April 1, 
 2025 with the American NGO MedGlobal. In collaboration with other 
 healthcare professionals, Dr. Sidhwa published the New York Times October 
 9, 2024 review “65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in 
 Gaza“.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/30/18879414.php
SUMMARY:Webinar: Dire Healthcare Situation in Gaza
LOCATION:Online\nhttps://masspeace.us/dire-healthcare-gaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/30/18879414.php
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