US doctors face challenges in crippled Gaza

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On Tuesday, the team removed a kidney tumor the size of a honeydew melon from a 4-year-old boy, Abdullah Shawwa, in a five-hour emergency surgery at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital.

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On the eve of the war, Gaza's hospitals had run out of 250 of the basic 1,000 health care items, and were short on 105 of 480 essential drugs, including some cancer medications and anesthetics, said Mahmoud Daher, a representative of the World Health Organization.

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However, international aid groups say the pre-war trickle of aid shipments is not sufficient to deal with Gaza's growing humanitarian crisis. Rebuilding homes, factories and several health care centers is estimated to cost about $2 billion. Many of the wounded will need rehabilitation.

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"It's inhumane ... to not allow them to even have basic medical care," he said.

entire article: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3663333,00.html

.. these days.. It's constantly on my mind,
both the inhumanity of history and of the
present day.

It amazes me that it's still so prevalent.