Life in a Gaza field hospital – in pictures

Over the past three months Kieran Seager photographed and interviewed staff, patients, and their families at the UK-Med field hospital in al-Mawasi, Rafah. Approximately 40% of all patients treated at the field hospital are children or young people under 18

UK-Med is a UK-based medical charity, headquartered in Manchester, that has been working in Gaza since January 2024. It works across three locations in Gaza: the al-Mawasi field hospital, a smaller clinic in al-Zawaida and the emergency department at Nasser hospital. The charity employs nearly 600 Palestinian staff, who are supported by a small cadre of international medics, some of whom are from the NHS. Since January, about 30 NHS staff have rotated through Gaza, mostly on short four- to six-week deployments, drawing on a variety of medical specialists including surgeons, emergency doctors, GPs, nurses and midwives.

Razan was injured by a 7.92mm bullet at 3am on 1 September. The incident happened in al-Mawasi. The bullet passed through the tent, through her mother’s hip, and into Razan, lodging itself close to her spinal cord. Razan was taken to the UK-Med field hospital immediately, where she was referred to Nasser hospital for a CT scan, then returned to the field hospital for surgery. Her mother, who was only lightly wounded as the bullet had passed right through her hip, was taken to the ICRC field hospital for treatment. The UK-Med surgical team removed the bullet from Razan’s neck. The wound has healed completely, and Razan is not suffering from any complications. I interviewed Razan’s father, Diyar, and took the accompanying photo, on 19 November at the field hospital in al-Mawasi.

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