"On the first day, I started off thinking I've never seen anything like this, and then in the following days I've seen more. I've lost count of the number of amputations I've done, Dr Saya Aziz, an anaesthesiologist, told Al Jazeera."
"The doctor added that the hospital's operating theatre is also in a sordid state with flies everywhere, while Israel has curbed the entry of aid, including medical supplies, into Gaza. Everything is just filthy. I can't even clean the patients covered in dust, gun powder, we've got no gauze I wish I had a couple of towels, which I could wash the patients with. I have no fluids to clean them with. I have no pain relief to give them. My heart breaks, Aziz said."
An anaesthesiologist at al-Shifa Hospital has performed numerous amputations amid repeated hospital closures caused by relentless bombardment. Mass casualty surges follow large explosions within minutes, filling corridors with wounded people, dangling tissue and missing limbs. Patients often arrive alive but bleeding to death and require immediate amputations. Operating theatres are filthy and infested with flies while essential supplies such as gauze, cleaning fluids and pain relief are critically lacking. Aid entry, including medical supplies, has been curtailed, and al-Shifa, once Gaza's largest medical complex, now lies largely in ruins after intense sieges.
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