Gaza doctors struggle with bereavement, overwork and trauma amid war

Author: Eyad QatrawiPublished on: November 1, 2026Country: Palestine

HealthWorld / International

Gaza doctors struggle with bereavement, overwork and trauma amid war

Manar Fayyad, a 29-year-old anaesthesiologist at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, discovered on December 27, 2023, that the patient he was about to anaesthetise was his brother Shadi, killed in an Israeli air strike. The trauma of that moment has kept him from returning to work and forced him to leave the medical profession permanently. He is coping without professional help, withdrawing from social life and avoiding noise, while sitting by the sea and writing offer some comfort. He hopes to leave Gaza and escape reminders of that day.

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