Medhat Abbas

Medhat Abbas
مدحت عباس
Director-General for the Gaza Health Ministry
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2023

Medhat Abbas (Arabic: مدحت عباس, romanized: Midḥat ʿAbbās) is a Palestinian doctor and the director-general for the Palestinian Ministry of Health – Gaza, serving in this position since January 2023.

Career

Abbas was the chair of the international cooperation department for Gaza's health ministry during the 2008–2009 Gaza war.[1] He then went on to become director-general for both Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.[2] First assuming the position at Al-Shifa during the 2012 Gaza War,[3] and later assuming the same position at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah during the 2014 Gaza War.[4]

During the 2023 Gaza war Abbas implicated Israel in delaying the delivery of several X-ray machines into hospitals in Gaza causing delays in treating "thousands of patients".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Israel-OPT: Gaza's main hospital struggling to cope". Refworld. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. ^ Bartolotti, Pippa (2 July 2020). "'Help raise our voice': Dialogue with Dr. Medhat Abbas, Gaza". Workers World. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  3. ^ Parvaz, D. (17 November 2012). "Gaza hospitals face dire supply shortages". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Deaths as Israeli tanks shell Gaza hospital". Al Jazeera. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2025.


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