The ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Clinic in Gaza, funded by the UK branch of PalMed Europe, provides essential specialist care to one of the most vulnerable populations facing ongoing healthcare challenges.
The clinic treats around 500 patients every month, managing a wide range of acute and chronic ENT conditions that, if left untreated, can significantly affect quality of life, education, and daily functioning.
Patient Profile
👶 15% Children – Many require early diagnosis to prevent hearing loss and developmental delays.
👵 25% Older Adults – Often treated for age-related hearing and balance disorders.
👩 40% Women
👨 20% Men
Equipped with a modern otoscope, the clinic delivers accurate diagnosis and timely treatment for patients across Gaza.
Continued support is essential to maintain and expand these vital services. Funding helps ensure uninterrupted patient care, maintenance of medical equipment, and improved access to specialist ENT services for those who need them most.
Your support directly helps protect hearing, relieve pain, prevent complications, and improve the lives of hundreds of patients every month.
This report highlights the latest activities of Al-Jalaa Medical Centre in the Gaza Strip, which is managed by the UK branch of PalMed Europe in collaboration with the parent organisation, during the final weeks of November and December 2025.
These activities reflect the scale of healthcare interventions delivered under extremely difficult humanitarian conditions, marked by severe shortages of medical supplies and the continuous deterioration of living conditions.
The centre continues to serve as a vital pillar in providing free healthcare services to the population through departments including paediatrics and ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) clinics.
Each week, the centre treats between 500 and 550 patients suffering from acute and chronic conditions, many of which are worsened by overcrowding and the ongoing state of emergency.
We pray for the safety of our people in Gaza and a speedy recovery for the wounded.
Together, we heal the wounds.
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🙏 Support Emergency Medical Relief in Gaza
PalMed Europe has successfully completed its 26th medical mission to Gaza, where our team of specialists spent nearly two weeks delivering urgent humanitarian care.
Two senior consultants allowed to enter Gaza and to support Gaza’s struggling health sector:
A UK-based Consultant in Retinal Surgery & Ophthalmology
A Germany-based Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
Our doctors worked side by side with Gaza’s exhausted health workers at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza Eye Hospital, and Al-Amal Hospital. Together, we performed dozens of complex retinal surgeries and provided hundreds of consultations to patients in desperate need of care.
Since the beginning of the war, we have organised and led 26 medical missions to Gaza, in partnership with Rahma and the World Health Organization. Each mission strengthens the health system and eases the suffering of our people.
We are determined to continue sending more missions, expanding our support, and standing firmly with Gaza’s doctors and patients.
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.
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:
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.
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Snapshot of PalMed UK and PalMed Academy Event 9 December 2024
PalMed UK and PalMed Academy hosted an inspiring event at Nottingham Medical School titled “Stories of a Surgeon in Palestine“. The event featured Dr. Mohammad Hawari, a PalMed member and surgeon who visited Gaza during the ongoing conflict.
Dr. Hawari shared a powerful testimony about the dire medical situation in Gaza, highlighting the challenges faced by healthcare workers and patients amidst the devastation. Over 100 students and staff attended the event, attentively listening to his firsthand account of the humanitarian crisis and the efforts made by PalMed UK to support innocent civilians affected by the atrocities.
Dr. Hawari detailed PalMed’s tireless 14-month mission to provide aid and medical assistance to the people of Gaza, calling attention to the urgent need for global solidarity. He also introduced the GEM initiative, which aims to support medical students and strengthen Gaza’s healthcare system through education and innovation.
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On Saturday 7 December the Scottish Palestine Health Partnership held its second annual conference at Glasgow University.
Over 100 delegates attended .
Palmed Uk and PalMed Academy was there.
PalMed was represented by Drs Eman El-Bahnasawi and Dr Vivian Badr .
Dr Bashier Oudeh ( SPHP executive ) chaired the second session of the meeting, and introduced Professor Mahmoud Loubani, who presented an update on the GEM scheme , this received a lot of interest and Prof Loubani answered a few questions after his lecture.
With the Participation of Leading Doctors and International Experts: PalMed Holds an Academic Conference to Support Medical Students in Gaza.
London, 23 November 2024
In light of the challenging circumstances in Gaza, PalMed Academy of PalMed Europe – the Palestinian Doctors’ Association in Europe held an academic conference on Saturday, 23 November 2024, at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. The conference was attended by international medical experts with experience in education and medical training especially in Gaza., the conference, titled “Resurrecting Medical Education in Gaza: Challenges and Solutions,” addressed the severe challenges facing Gaza’s medical education due to the blockade and destruction of healthcare and educational infrastructure.
The conference featured discussions and presentations emphasising innovation of the Gaza Educate Medics led by PalMed Academy and the role of international networks in supporting medical education in Palestine.
Dr. Hussam Adwan,Consultant Surgeon at Wirral University Hospital in the UK and conference chair, said:
“Your participation today fuels the flame of hope not only for students and faculty but for all residents of Gaza.”
Dr. Mohammed Zughbar, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Azhar University, delivered an opening lecture comparing medical education in Gaza before the war with its current state. He highlighted the devastating impact of the conflict on the educational system and its broader societal implications.
Dr. Riyad Masharqah, Chair of the Advisory Council of the Palestinian Doctors’ Association in Europe, praised the resilience of Gaza’s medical students and emphasised that this initiative aims to ensure their future, maintain the continuity of medical faculties, and address the critical shortage of healthcare professionals.
Professor Mahmoud Loubani, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Chair of Palmed Academy and CEO of the GEM scheme, stated: “This initiative, under the GEM program, is an investment in Gaza’s future. It ensures the continuity of medical education and the availability of qualified medical personnel to serve the community.”
Since its launch in June 2024, the initiative has enrolled over 2,101 students with the support of more than 1,000 international volunteers offering lectures and assistance through an integrated educational platform. A mentorship scheme for the students of Gaze was unveiled at the conference to commence on the 7th December 2024.
The conference highlighted the struggles faced by Gaza’s medical schools, including the destruction of infrastructure and severe shortages of educational and medical resources. Before the recent conflict, nearly 2,500 students were enrolled in medical faculties at Al-Azhar and Islamic universities.
Dr. Anwar Sheikh Khalil, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza, remarked:
“The destruction of medical education infrastructure threatens not only students’ futures but also the entire healthcare system in Gaza.”
A Global Message of Solidarity
Prominent international figures attended the conference, including Professor Mads Gilbert, the renowned Norwegian humanitarian, and Professor Nick Maynard from Oxford as well as a host of prominent educationalists and academics.
Students from Gaza joined remotely, with Lina Abuhein discussing the daily challenges they face and their essential needs for continuing their education. Tariq Abdel Jawad, from the the GEM Students’ Engagement Committee, shared how students contributed to hospitals during the war, underscoring the hope that international support provides for their education and service to their community.
Charity Dinner
The academic day concluded with a charity dinner, where attendees raised over $150,000 to support the initiative. The main guest speaker and guest of honour at the dinner was Dr. Husam Zomlot, Palestine’s ambassador to the UK who endorsed the initiative and emphasised education as a means of resilience for Palestinians through the decades of occupation.
Palmed Academy: A Vision for Sustainable Medical Education
Founded in 2022, Palmed Academy is the educational arm of the Palestinian Doctors’ Association in Europe, aiming to enhance healthcare in Palestine through education and training. The academy collaborates with international universities and institutions to provide advanced learning materials and training programs.
Through these efforts, PalMed Academy and its partners aim to preserve medical education in Gaza as a cornerstone of Palestinian resilience amidst ongoing challenges imposed by the blockade and conflict.
