Maggot infestations and wounds that never heal for Gaza’s malnourished
Al Jazeera
Growing rates of malnourishment are compromising the health of a people battered by Israel’s war, preventing them from ever fully recovering.
Dr Mohammed Harara, 28, had barely begun working as a general practitioner when he was thrust to the front lines of a warzone, forced to become a jack-of-all-trades.
In the nearly eight months since Israel launched its offensive on Gaza, Harara has seen more than he thought he ever would.
Like the maggot-infested wounds of the maimed that he has had to stand by and helplessly look at.
Lacking medication and even basic hygiene materials, Harara and his colleagues are not able to clean – or keep clean – festering wounds.
Also complicating their struggles are the patients’ severely compromised physical conditions, which are slow to heal and can make such an infestation lethal.
