Death, displacement and disease: A young Gaza doctor on life under Israeli bombardment

A young Palestinian doctor who survived Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has described what it was like confronting the burden of patient care almost immediately after graduating. In the first episode of Middle East Eye's The Gaza Podcast, which was recorded inside the besieged enclave, Maryam Youssef described the horrors she experienced while volunteering - and living - at Nasser Hospital. She recalls contracting chickenpox and being forced to isolate in a room for days as bombs rained down around her, and how she has struggled to process the trauma of surviving the conflict. "I had chickenpox after two days [of starting work at the hospital]," Youssef told podcast host Hussam Tannera. Read more: Death, displacement and disease: A young Gaza doctor on life under Israeli bombardment