Shireen Parsai (@sparsaimd) 's Twitter Profile
Shireen Parsai

@sparsaimd

Radiation Oncologist in Columbus, OH. Tweets are my own.

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MSF International (@msf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On 17 December, Israeli forces took control of Al Awda hospital, after besieging it for 12 days. Males over 16 years old were taken out of the hospital, stripped, bound and interrogated – six MSF staff were among them...

World Health Organization (WHO) (@who) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in #Gaza Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely among children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and older people. In new estimates released today, the

Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in #Gaza

Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely among children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and older people.

In new estimates released today, the
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.World Health Organization (WHO) has received troubling reports of increasing hostilities and ongoing evacuation orders near the vital Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Middle Area of #Gaza, which according to the facility’s director forced over 600 patients and most health workers to leave. Their locations are not

MSF International (@msf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Displaced women living in deplorable conditions are giving birth in plastic tents and public buildings in Gaza. Those who manage to deliver in a hospital often return to their makeshift shelters mere hours after undergoing a caesarean...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Over 100,000 Gazans are either dead, injured, or missing and presumed dead. The risk of famine is high and increasing each day. We continue to call for safe access for humanitarian personnel and supplies. We continue to call for the hostages to be released. We continue to

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Once the largest hospital in southern Gaza, Nasser hospital is yet another medical facility that no longer has the capacity to treat patients due to raids and attacks by Israeli Forces. Full statement 👇 msf.org/gaza-msf-calls…

Christos Christou (@drchristou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday MSF International published a comprehensive report looking at silent killings Gaza - meaning individuals who have succumbed to health conditions that are entirely preventable.đź§µ

Rahul Tendulkar, MD (@rtendulkarmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Burnout & moral injury in medicine have affected so many health care workers. As a mid-career physician, here’s what I’ve learned to combat it - I hope others find it to be helpful. In Search of Joy and Meaning in Modern Medicine JCO Oncology Practice ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120…

Burnout & moral injury in medicine have affected so many health care workers. As a mid-career physician, here’s what I’ve learned to combat it - I hope others find it to be helpful.
In Search of Joy and Meaning in Modern Medicine <a href="/JCOOP_ASCO/">JCO Oncology Practice</a> ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120…
Shireen Parsai (@sparsaimd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Published in the Lancet. It can be estimated 186,000 or more have died in Gaza. That is 7.9% of the population. “Documenting the true scale is crucial for ensuring historical accountability and acknowledging the full cost of the war.” thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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One year into the Palestinian genocide, Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl’s voice rises above the rest as a consistent advocate of justice, morality and ethics. His scholarship is exemplified in the latest book published by UsuliPress. The Usuli Institute

One year into the Palestinian genocide, Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl’s voice rises above the rest as a consistent advocate of justice, morality and ethics. His scholarship is exemplified in the latest book published by UsuliPress. <a href="/usuliinstitute/">The Usuli Institute</a>
Shayan (@shayanparsai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So when you guys say, “it will be worse under Trump,” do you mean worse than burning people alive in their hospital beds?

Noura Erakat (@4noura) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Folks who insist it will get worse are admitting we’re powerless to stop this system of death making so make of it what we can. And others, like myself, are saying, it has reached a point of no return so vote on morals and endure the crisis we have reaped.

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"#Gaza is the real-world embodiment of hell on earth for its one million children. And it’s getting worse, day by day, as we see the horrific impact of the daily airstrikes and military operations on Palestinian children." - @1jameselder, UNICEF

Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This really needs to be amplified: For a week, there is only one doctor, a pediatrician, left at the Kamal Odwan Hospital in north Gaza after the Israeli forces expelled all doctors, and even cleaners, from the hospital. Some have been abducted. My mother-in-law is staying at

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struck today while parents were bringing their children to the life-saving #polio vaccination in an area where a humanitarian pause was agreed to allow

We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struck today while parents were bringing their children to the life-saving #polio vaccination in an area where a humanitarian pause was agreed to allow
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO)-led mission to Kamal Adwan Hospital yesterday, the facility's third floor was reportedly hit again, injuring six children who are patients there. One child sustained a critical injury. Water tanks were damaged. Heavy bombardment persisted very close to the

Shortly after the <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a>-led mission to Kamal Adwan Hospital yesterday, the facility's third floor was reportedly hit again, injuring six children who are patients there. One child sustained a critical injury. Water tanks were damaged. Heavy bombardment persisted very close to the
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Physicians for Human Rights (PHRI) have been informed that the Israeli military has no record of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was reportedly arrested by the occupation forces on December 27, 2024. Despite video evidence showing his arrest, the

Physicians for Human Rights (PHRI) have been informed that the Israeli military has no record of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was reportedly arrested by the occupation forces on December 27, 2024. 

Despite video evidence showing his arrest, the
Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yousef is set to go abroad for medical treatment, while his father has been refused by the israelis to accompany him: he’ll never be allowed to return

Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know that +17,000 girls under the age of 22 in Gaza have become amputees? That is more than double the number of Columbia University’s undergraduate students.