This Taiwanese Doctor Who Went To Gaza Shared His Heartbreaking Experience Working In Nasser Hospital

A Taiwanese doctor who went to Gaza with Doctors Without Borders has shared his heartbreaking experience of working at Nasser Hospital, which was recently bombed twice in a row in a double-tap strike by the Israeli forces.

Dr. Wu Yi-chun, a 42-year-old plastic surgeon from Taiwan who specializses in reconstructive surgery, went to Gaza in July 2024 and February 2025, working both times at Nasser Hospital.

He shared with Almost his first-hand account of Gaza’s collapsing health care system and the devastating conditions medical staff are operating under Israel’s constant bombardment in Gaza, where where most of the victims he treated were women and children.

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