During a night shift at Assahaba Medical Complex in Gaza City, a medical intern confronts the heartbreaking realities faced by women during conflict. Amidst the buzz of drones, she witnesses the pain of a woman who has lost her unborn child shortly after losing her husband to an air raid. This experience profoundly affects the intern, instilling a desire to become a gynaecologist. Despite the trials, she reflects on the joy and hope that exists in the process of bringing life into the world, highlighting the strength of women in these harsh circumstances.
In the calm, a rare sense of peace envelopes me, but it is soon shattered by a woman crying in pain. She is bleeding and gripped by cramps.
The woman was newly married, but just a month after her wedding, her husband was killed in an air raid. The child she was carrying a 10-week-old embryo was their first and will be their last.
Having lost her husband, she now endures the pain of losing what she hoped would be a living memory of him.
Being in this ward brings joy to my life, it is where life begins, and it teaches me that hope is present even in hardship.
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