Hello everyone here!

Earlier in the year we ran a fundraiser for surgical equipment in Gaza. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of the local community, we raised over €15,000 that helped Dr Mohammed Shalaan and a cohort of doctors perform over 100 life saving emergency operations in the European hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

The two trips, which happened in April and June, were very fruitful. However as the death toll rises from the ongoing conflict, and the injuries continue to accumulate, the ongoing need for humanitarian aid in the area continues to .

Dr Shalaan, orthopedic surgeon currently working in Tallaght University Hospital Co Dublin, is organising another trip to Gaza planned on 22nd October 2024. The goal is to source orhtopedic implants and surgical equipment from Eygpt and cross via the humanitarian corridor at the Rafah crossing in northeast Egypt, similar to the two prior trips.

The invoice is attached details the breakdown and cost of the targeted acquisition of orthopaedic implants and surgical equipment from Egypt. The value of 4,641,250 equates to approximately €86,000.

{ وَمَنۡ أَحۡیَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَاۤ أَحۡیَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِیعࣰاۚ

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And whoever saves one [a life] - it is

as if he had saved mankind entirely up

If we can start with raising the first €10,000 - Any generosity would be greatly appreciated.

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Below are some resources accounting the experience from the prior trips earlier this year.

- 13 minute interview with Dr Shalaan on Lunchtime Live .

In it he shares some more harrowing details regarding the conditions and experience in southern Gaza.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/i-never-seen-injuries-like-this-irish-surgeon-returns-from-gaza-1720818

- Interview with RTE with Dr Shalaan about the experience working as a medical volunteer in Gaza, and details some of the plans to perform more surgeries and supply more required equipment such as artificial skin grafts and vacuum dressings.

- https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22384409/

-Dr Shalaan joined a panel of doctors in a UK based Webinar Report earlier this month- "Returning from Gaza: Doctors Witness to the Crisis" further detailing his experience in Gaza

https://aohr.org.uk/webinar-report-returning-from-gaza-doctors-witness-to-the-crisis/

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---- your colleague, Mohammed.

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