As of April 2nd, Israel has conducted 435 attacks in Gaza targeting hospitals and health care workers. Only 28 percent of hospitals and 30 percent of primary care facilities remain even marginally functional, while an estimated 8,000 patients need medical evacuation (Abboud 2024). UNICEF estimates 1,000 children in Gaza have become amputees since October, the biggest cohort of pediatric amputees in history (Griswald 2024). And as Israel continues to block UN aid, including food and medical supplies, The World Peace Foundation says "We are about to witness in Gaza the most intense famine since the second World War" (Abboud 2024). The current military incursion into Rafah will only worsen the medical apartheid (WHO 2024).
Nurses, doctors, physical therapists, mental health counselors, medical students, and other health care workers will come together to declare our solidarity with the people of Palestine. As people dedicated to the health and well-being of humanity, we abhor the genocide our government funds and enables in Gaza.
We support the Apartheid Free Community Campaign and call on our institutions and employers to do the same.
We call for an end to US military aid to Israel.
For info/to get involved, contact:
Vermont Health Care Workers for Palestine: vhcw4p@gmail.com