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Apr 3 15 tweets 5 min read
#Gaza: How the Israeli army besieged and attacked #Nasser hospital - Timeline and thread🧵 Image The evidence at our disposal points to deliberate and repeated attacks by the Israeli forces against Nasser hospital, its patients and medical staff. This is based on testimonies, external sources and MSF logbook, in which daily information relating to MSF projects is recorded. Image
Dec 15, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Our teams are witnessing a shocking increase in Israeli attacks against civilians in Jenin, the West Bank. Attacks on healthcare have also increased dramatically and become systematic... Amin was walking home when an Israeli soldier shot him in both legs. Despite there being a hospital next to the camp, the ambulance could not reach him for over 2 hours as Israeli Forces restricted the movement of ambulances, and cut off access to the hospital...
Dec 14, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Jenin, West Bank: Israeli forces just shot and killed an unarmed teenage boy inside Khalil Suleiman hospital compound. Efforts to save his life from MSF and Ministry of Health doctors were in vain. This morning, Israeli forces stopped ambulances taking discharged patients home outside Khalil Suleiman hospital. Paramedics and ambulance drivers were ordered out of the ambulances, stripped and made to kneel in the street. The patients were left in the ambulances.
Nov 11, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Al-Shifa hospital complex, the biggest health facility where MSF staff are still working, has been hit several times, including the maternity and outpatient departments, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. #Gaza Despite regular attacks and shortages, the staff has managed to keep the hospital operational. Yesterday, Al-Shifa hospital lost electrical power.
Jul 29, 2020 12 tweets 9 min read
Why is MSF calling on #Canada to ensure public spending on medical R&D is used for public health and not private profits? Because we have seen how it can save lives. A thread about #Ebola, Canadian science and the failure of the private sector. 1/12
bit.ly/3hF6WQn #DidYouKnow that Canadian government scientists first developed an #Ebola vaccine as early as 2001 — but that it was still not available more than a decade later to help end the West Africa Ebola epidemic that killed thousands of people between 2014-16? Here’s why not: 2/12