Gaza doctors are starving while fighting to save lives, evacuated medic tells BBC
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BBC Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib says he struggles to eat knowing his colleagues in Gaza are still suffering
For two decades, his job and purpose in life was to heal people. But Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib also wanted to stay alive. So, when he could no longer even look after himself, and the hunger was too much to bear, he took a rare chance to leave Gaza. "I would never have imagined starving," the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medic said. "But my head hurt and I had pain in my stomach from starvation." After working non-stop at hospitals throughout Gaza over the past two years, Dr Abu Mughaisib was evacuated to Ireland in mid-September, along with a group of students taking up scholarships. Safe and fed, he is now able to reflect on his time working in increasingly dire conditions as Israel's offensive destroyed medical and other critical infrastructure - and how he feels about leaving colleagues behind.
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