A Scottish doctor working at a Gaza hospital during a period of conflict witnessed young Palestinians offering olive branches to Israeli soldiers, symbolizing hope for a better future.
A FEW months into a stint at a Gaza hospital, a Scottish doctor had seen seven patients before 8am after fighting broke out in the strip while peace talks got underway in Madrid.
“We were watching the shabaab – the youths – climbing onto armoured IDF cars with olive branches that they were giving to IDF soldiers. “I was down to do a live webinar with Al-Ahli when the bomb hit. I wasn’t even aware until I went in ahead of the event to get organised with the panel and they said the hospital’s been hit, we won’t actually have anybody from Al-Ahli,” said Whitford.
“If you visited somebody, you were lucky if you got out without rupturing your diaphragm, they’d give you so much food. I really loved it – but of course, you were tense all the time. “I never lost a leg from shooting or trauma but I had to amputate a significant number because of neglected diabetes.”
Whitford worked hard to promote breast cancer awareness and improve its treatment in Palestine – work the assault on Gaza has set back for years, she said.
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