In response to the worsening healthcare crisis in Gaza, the Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe (PalMed), supported by PalMed France, continues its critical humanitarian campaigns through maternal and child health centers across the region.
These efforts include child vaccination drives, malnutrition screening, and the distribution of essential medications—vital interventions in a region where the health system has been severely weakened by war and ongoing blockade.
The destruction of healthcare infrastructure has made it extremely difficult for families to access even the most basic medical services. PalMed’s on-the-ground response is helping fill this urgent gap, aiming to protect vulnerable children from preventable diseases and life-threatening malnutrition.
How You Can Help Your support can make a direct impact. A small donation today could mean life-saving care for a child tomorrow.
With praise and gratitude to God, three doctors from the Palestinian Doctors Association – Europe (PalMed Europe) have arrived today in Gaza, in partnership with Rahma International and in coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
This marks PalMed’s 20th medical delegation to Gaza since the beginning of the ongoing Genocide, continuing our mission to support the healthcare system and provide urgent medical relief.
This 20th specialist delegation originally consisted of seven doctors; unfortunately, four were denied entry. However, three senior consultants successfully arrived, specializing in:
ENT Surgery (Ear, Nose, and Throat)
Orthopedic Surgery
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
The delegation will perform advanced surgical procedures for patients and wounded individuals in Gaza, aiming to ease their suffering and support local medical teams who have been working under extreme conditions.
With God’s will, PalMed will continue to send specialist delegations, along with essential medications and supplies—fulfilling our medical and humanitarian duty and standing in solidarity with the dedicated healthcare workers of Gaza.
We pray for the safety of our delegation members, all medical staff, and the people of Gaza. May this unjust aggression come to an end soon, by God’s mercy and strength.
To support the struggling healthcare system in Gaza, the Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe – UK Branch continues to sponsor two specialized medical centres in the region. One of these is the Al-Jalaa Specialized Medical center, based at the Patient Care Charity Center.
This initiative is part of our broader project of mobile clinics and medical points, now exceeding 16 locations, aimed at delivering specialized care amidst a severe shortage of doctors and medical supplies in the besieged strip.
We continue to support the Al-Jalaa Specialized Medical Point in Gaza as part of our mission to deliver critical care despite the dire shortage of specialists and equipment.
We extend our gratitude to all donors, especially those from our branches in the UK, Turkey, Denmark, France, and Sweden.
As part of ongoing efforts to improve healthcare services for expecting mothers in the Gaza Strip, the “Safe Natural vaginal Birth“ project has been officially launched at the “Heal Palestine” field hospital in the Mawaasi Khan Younis area.
The project is sponsored byPalMed Europe – UK Branch and is being supervised and implemented by the Kuwaiti Specialist Hospital. It aims to provide a safe and healthy environment for natural childbirth while reducing pregnancy and delivery-related complications amid the ongoing humanitarian challenges facing women in the Strip.
This project represents a significant step forward in enhancing maternal and child health in Gaza in 2025.
As part of the ongoing efforts by the Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe to support the collapsing healthcare system in Gaza due to the continuous aggression on the Strip, the association has provided these urgent and vital medical supplies as immediate relief to the Ministry of Health and healthcare providers.
The Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe – France Branch delivered the shipment of vital and urgently needed medicines and medical supplies to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on May 6, 2025.
The Association extends its gratitude to the France branch and all donors for this tremendous effort.
The project aims to provide a safe environment for vaginal childbirth for expectant mothers in Gaza.
Overview of the Kuwaiti Specialist Hospital:
The Kuwaiti Specialist Hospital was established in Rafah Governorate as a charitable hospital that does not aim for profit, but rather to provide distinguished medical services to the general population, especially the at risk and poor groups, at reduced prices and around the clock. This in turn imposes huge financial burdens and an increase in operational expenses, which represents a challenge to the hospital’s ability to continue providing its services. Due to the complete destruction of the health system in the Gaza Strip, the hospital was prompted to establish a huge field hospital in Khan Yunis Governorate ” HEAL Hospital” that provides medical services to the displaced from the central and southern governorates of the Gaza Strip. Accordingly, the hospital needs to continue external support and adopt development and charitable projects to support marginalized groups. The following is an overview of the hospital’s services: Emergency and outpatient services: urology, dermatology, ophthalmology, respiratory, orthopedic, radiology, ENT, oncology, vascular surgery and diabetic foot, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology (adult), internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, pediatric surgery, pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, neurology, psychiatry, and dental center. Two fully equipped operating rooms and around 35 surgical operations are performed daily in the following specialties: urology, general surgery, gynecological operations, caesarean sections, pediatric surgery, orthopedics, ear, nose and throat surgery, normal vaginal deliveries service, laboratory service, pharmacy service, and radiology and television imaging service.
About 300 employees work at the hospital, distributed among: specialist doctors, general doctors, pharmacists, nurses, paramedics, anesthesia and radiology technicians. This is in addition to the administrative staff, ambulance drivers, security guards, and cleaning workers.
Project Information Summary:
Project Idea:
In light of the high population density in the southern governorates of the Gaza Strip and the complete collapse of the healthcare system, the number of childbirth cases received by the Kuwaiti Specialist Field Hospital has significantly increased—particularly normal vaginal deliveries. These cases also require appropriate medical care, including the presence of qualified medical staff, well-equipped delivery rooms, maternity wards, and logistical support to ensure services are provided in a safe and dignified manner. This project aims to support the coverage of costs for 300 normal vaginal delivery/childbirth cases, representing the expected number of deliveries over a three-month period. The initiative seeks to alleviate the significant financial burden borne by families amidst the deteriorating economic conditions caused by the ongoing war, while also strengthening the hospital’s capacity to continue providing its services—especially in light of the heavy pressure resulting from the influx of emergency cases, injured individuals, and patients requiring surgical procedures and ongoing care.
Project Objectives:
Conduct normal vaginal delivery cases at the Kuwaiti Specialist Field Hospital.
Alleviate the financial burden on beneficiary families by providing childbirth services free-of-charge.
Support and strengthen the collapsing healthcare sector that has been devastated by the war.
Project Justifications:
Continued influx of normal vaginal delivery cases to the hospital, as public hospitals remain overwhelmed with emergency cases, injuries, and follow-up care for the wounded.
The shutdown of most hospitals and medical points due to the ongoing genocide, while the urgent need for childbirth services persists.
The inability of the vast majority of families to cover the costs of normal vaginal deliveries—even though relatively low—due to the dire economic conditions.
Project outcomes:
The project aims to cover the costs of 300 normal vaginal deliveries, which is the expected number over a three-month period, at the Kuwaiti Specialist Field Hospital, receiving all incoming normal vaginal delivery cases.
Project budget:
The following table outlines the budget for the Normal Vaginal Delivery Support Project at the Kuwaiti Specialist Field Hospital:
Funded by PalMed – Italy and implemented by Friends of the Patient Charitable Hospital – April 2025
With the collapse of the healthcare system in Gaza, most paediatric hospitals have ceased operations. In response, Friends of the Patient Charitable Association, under the guidance of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, has stepped in to serve as a dedicated children’s hospital—providing emergency care, intensive care, neonatal services, and inpatient treatment.
To expand its services and meet growing needs, the hospital has opened a specialised paediatric surgery clinic. Through partnerships with medical and humanitarian organizations, it is now performing life-changing operations for children affected by the war.
On March 20, 2025, the hospital signed an agreement with PalMed – Italy to launch a new surgical project aimed at supporting war-affected children. The initiative will provide 70 surgical procedures to improve children’s health and ease their suffering. The operations are being carried out by a skilled team of specialised doctors in the Hospital’s surgical facilities.
The project also includes pre- and post-operative care, hospital stays where needed, and ongoing medical follow-up. To support the emotional well-being of the children, the hospital is providing toys and small gifts, helping to bring moments of joy and comfort during recovery.
By addressing both the physical and psychological needs of the children—and relieving the financial burden on families—this initiative offers a vital source of hope and healing in the midst of crisis.
Overview of the Project for the Maintenance and Renovation of the Central Sterilisation Department at the Gaza-European Hospital.
First: Location
The Central Sterilisation Department is considered one of the critical departments at the Gaza-European Hospital. This hospital is one of the three remaining hospitals serving citizens in the southern region of the Gaza Strip, which also includes a number of displaced persons. It is the second-ranking hospital in terms of specialisations and readiness to provide services, particularly in surgeries and intensive care, in addition to outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, and similar departments.
The Central Sterilisation Department serves all specialisations throughout the hospital, most notably the 5 central operating theatres, the recovery unit with a capacity of no less than 6–8 beds, the cardiac surgery and catheterisation unit, and the neurosurgery department. It also serves the daycare rooms, adult and paediatric intensive care units, neonatal unit, and emergency departments.
Second: Project Concept and Proposed Completion Duration
The first phase of the project aims to carry out comprehensive maintenance work for the department, encompassing various deteriorated and damaged structural elements such as suspended ceilings, doors, walls, marble counters, and others. Additionally, 3 new instrument washing machines will be supplied to ensure high efficiency in washing and sanitisation.
The project is expected to be completed within a maximum of 82 days, covering all components mentioned below, with the final handover to the representative of the consortium or their delegate upon completion.
Third: Project Objectives
1. Comprehensive Maintenance: Enhancing the department’s efficiency through integrated maintenance that includes water and wastewater networks, ceilings, sanitary facilities, carpentry, and aluminium works.
2. Improvement of General Appearance, Cleanliness, Storage, Organisation, and the Level of Instrument and Environmental Sterilisation: This shall be achieved through the proposed construction works, including marble works that will involve custom-built housings for the new washers and properly protected storage containers made from materials that are easily cleanable and which contribute to elevated standards of infection control.
Fourth: Project Phases
1. Maintenance of Suspended Ceilings: Evaluation and replacement of damaged tiles to ensure the facility’s safety.
2. Maintenance of Water and Wastewater Networks: Renovation of piping systems and related bathroom fixtures.
3. Painting and Interior Design Works: Treatment and painting of walls.
4. Carpentry Works: Repair of doors and replacement of damaged ones.
5. Aluminium Works: Maintenance of aluminium doors and replacement of broken glass and similar components.
6. Marble Works: Maintenance of washbasins and department-specific cabinets, fabrication of custom storage units for the washing area, and installation of a nursing station counter.
7. Tiling Works: Maintenance of floor and wall tiles.
8. Fixture Installations: Installation of fibreglass wall panels with protective aluminium corner guards.
9. Supply of Washing Machines for the Department’s Instruments: Supply, installation, and commissioning of the machines.
Fifth: Anticipated Project Outcomes
Improved performance and work quality in the department.
Enhanced levels of infection control.
Provision of a comfortable work environment and higher standards of operation following the department’s upgrade.
Compliance with health standards: Improved service quality in accordance with local and international standards.
Sustainability of resources and equipment: Through periodic hospital maintenance.
Increased productivity and speed: Through the provision of the new machines that will facilitate operations of the relevant departments and improve the quality of sterilised materials.
DONATE to our Projects so we can continue to help our people in Palestine.
Palestinian Doctors in Europe – Denmark Branch Funds Surgical Procedures for Patients and the Injured in Northern Gaza
In the midst of ongoing crises caused by the blockade and war on Gaza, even routine medical procedures can become inaccessible.
Many patients have faced prolonged delays in undergoing essential surgeries—whether major, intermediate, or minor—procedures that are crucial for alleviating pain, reducing suffering, improving daily life, and supporting healthy development.
Through our latest project, the Denmark branch of the Palestinian Doctors in Europe has helped 80 patients and injured individuals finally receive the care they have long awaited. The branch provided funding for 113 surgical procedures across various specialities, including general surgery, orthopaedics, urology, gynaecology, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, and maxillofacial surgery. These procedures were carried out by specialised surgical teams at three hospitals: Al-Sahaba Medical Complex, Al-Awda Health and Community Association, and Public Service Hospital.
We have ensured that these patients receive the care they need in a timely and efficient manner.
No patient should have to wait for essential medical treatment.
With your support, we can continue to remove barriers to healthcare access and provide every patient with a healthier future.
PalMed Italia has successfully restored and rehabilitated Al-Shaboura Health Center in Rafah as part of an urgent campaign to revive healthcare services in the devastated region.?
Why is this porject critical?
Al-Shaboura Health Center is the only functioning medical facility in accessible areas of Rafah after the Israeli incursion. It will provide lifesaving healthcare to over 300,000 residents facing dire humanitarian conditions.
🎯 Our Goal:
Upgrading the center to Primary Care Level 4, offering:
✅ Mother & Child Healthcare
✅ Dental Clinic
✅ Vaccinations
✅ Daily Medical Care
✅ Laboratory Services
✅ Pharmacy
✅ Family Planning & Maternity Care
✅ Chronic Disease Management
⚙️ Rehabilitation Work Includes:
🔹 Installing a new generator for uninterrupted medical services
🔹 Repairing & maintaining dental sterilization units
🔹 Fully restoring water networks
🔹 Setting up a water desalination station for clean water access
PalMed Europe continues its lifesaving mission to rebuild healthcare in Rafah and provide urgent medical support.
🙏 Donate Now & Be Part of the Change! ⇒ DONATE NOW
