One of the Only Hospitals in Gaza Just Reopened

Patients being evacuated from the European Hospital to be transferred to Nasser Hospital, two of the few health centers operating in the Gaza Strip. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa/ZUMA

After 50 days, Gaza European Hospital, one of the few trauma centers serving the Gaza strip, reopened, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The hospital has been a vital part of the crumbling medical infrastructure in the region. It reopened earlier this month.

In August, I told the story of two medical students who worked at Gaza European Hospital before it was shuttered and forcibly evacuated on July 1st. The medical center remained closed amid bombardment in the area for over a month. Each student told me harrowing stories of their time suddenly propelled to the job of full-time doctors amid the devastation of the medical system in Gaza.

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