Full Story One doctor’s hopes to rebuild Gaza’s health system
Aug 8, 2025
Palestinian pediatrician Abdalkarim Alharazin, who works on the front lines in Gaza, discusses the harrowing realities of healthcare amidst conflict. He shares powerful insights on treating malnourished children in makeshift clinics with critical supply shortages. Alharazin also highlights the severe humanitarian crisis, marked by struggles for food and medical resources. With aspirations to study public health in Australia, he envisions rebuilding Gaza's healthcare system, despite facing daunting financial and logistical hurdles.
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Treating Children in Dire Conditions
- Dr. Abdalkarim Alharazin treats severely malnourished and dehydrated children in tents due to lack of medication and supplies.
- Children suffer respiratory infections worsened by smoke and rubble while the environment deteriorates daily.
Challenges of Aid Distribution
- Aid drops in Gaza are often ineffective and dangerous, with some killed at distribution points.
- People must survive day by day amid dangerous and scarce aid opportunities.
Surge in Child Malnutrition Cases
- Dr. Alharazin sees 150 to 200 malnourished children daily, most dehydrated from starvation.
- Cases have sharply increased from thousands to hundreds of thousands with no adequate medical follow-up.