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Petition is closed midday January 9th
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Letter to the editor of the Irish Times
This letter is now closed. The google doc form is still being circulated before letter submission later today, please add your signature and share to colleagues here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KQM6bcH-6_kJ8o25PUDdqlgmj58VGFNBnviPN0m72aE/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KQM6bcH-6_kJ8o25PUDdqlgmj58VGFNBnviPN0m72aE/edit
Please see the below letter to the editor of the Irish Times, which will be submitted on Tuesday January 9th. If you are a healthcare professional of any speciality and would like to lend your support to this letter, please add your name and professional registration number (e.g. MRN, CORU).
Letter to the Editor
Dear editor, We write as allied healthcare professionals across Ireland. We are horrified by the brutality of the violence in Gaza. Since the horrific violence enacted on October 7th, 2023, over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed. Over 7000 people are missing – buried under the rubble. Entire families are no more.
Almost 60,000 people have been reported injured. Over 1000 children have had limbs amputated, many with no anaesthetic. Mothers are forced to endure caesarean sections without anaesthesia.
Almost 2 million people have been displaced. There is no escape. There is no shelter. There is nowhere safe. Starvation has set in. Catastrophic famine appears imminent. The facts are almost beyond words, but this is the reality. Humanity is disintegrating on our watch. We are all complicit.
Our healthcare colleagues are overwhelmed and face impossible choices in the delivery of life-or-death care. At the time of writing, over 500 healthcare workers have been reported killed or injured. Healthcare facilities, places of absolute safety, have been deliberately and systematically targeted and destroyed. Only 13 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are fully operational. The rules we thought applied are no more.
We must not simply stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza. We must act in solidarity.
We call on Ireland, as a party to the Rome Statute and the Genocide Convention, to act in line with her values and the specific obligation to prevent genocide. We specifically call on Ireland to join with South Africa in the case against Israel in the International Court of Justice and to support the request for provisional measures to halt hostilities. Ireland should also join those States who have referred the situation to the International Criminal Court for investigation.
As healthcare professionals, we have a moral and professional duty to advocate for the right to health, which necessitates an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the release of all hostages. Further disaster and death must be stopped. Aid must reach Gaza. We must restore humanity.
Letter to the Editor
Dear editor, We write as allied healthcare professionals across Ireland. We are horrified by the brutality of the violence in Gaza. Since the horrific violence enacted on October 7th, 2023, over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed. Over 7000 people are missing – buried under the rubble. Entire families are no more.
Almost 60,000 people have been reported injured. Over 1000 children have had limbs amputated, many with no anaesthetic. Mothers are forced to endure caesarean sections without anaesthesia.
Almost 2 million people have been displaced. There is no escape. There is no shelter. There is nowhere safe. Starvation has set in. Catastrophic famine appears imminent. The facts are almost beyond words, but this is the reality. Humanity is disintegrating on our watch. We are all complicit.
Our healthcare colleagues are overwhelmed and face impossible choices in the delivery of life-or-death care. At the time of writing, over 500 healthcare workers have been reported killed or injured. Healthcare facilities, places of absolute safety, have been deliberately and systematically targeted and destroyed. Only 13 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are fully operational. The rules we thought applied are no more.
We must not simply stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza. We must act in solidarity.
We call on Ireland, as a party to the Rome Statute and the Genocide Convention, to act in line with her values and the specific obligation to prevent genocide. We specifically call on Ireland to join with South Africa in the case against Israel in the International Court of Justice and to support the request for provisional measures to halt hostilities. Ireland should also join those States who have referred the situation to the International Criminal Court for investigation.
As healthcare professionals, we have a moral and professional duty to advocate for the right to health, which necessitates an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the release of all hostages. Further disaster and death must be stopped. Aid must reach Gaza. We must restore humanity.
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