"Every day between 4am and 6am, Graeme Groom, an orthopaedic surgeon from London, would be woken by a dawn chorus of bombs and missiles."
"Groom and his orthopaedic and plastic surgery colleagues saw on average 20 patients a day: one-third children, one-third women, then men of all ages, their limbs mangled by bombs and guns."
"One evening on his most recent trip, just as the 12-hour-plus shift was ending, another emergency was wheeled in."
"For every Palestinian child whose trauma captures headlines, there are thousands more whose stories go untold."
Graeme Groom, an orthopaedic surgeon, works daily at the Nasser hospital in Gaza amidst constant bombings. He and his colleagues treat an average of 20 patients each day, with a significant portion being children and women suffering from severe injuries. Recently, Groom operated on an 11-year-old boy who lost most of his family in an airstrike. While the boy is recovering physically, the long-term psychological effects of his trauma remain unknown. The situation highlights the countless untold stories of children affected by conflict, with thousands reported killed or injured.
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