The paediatric war wounds Dr Abu Sittah tries to heal in Lebanon
The paediatric war wounds Dr Abu Sittah tries to heal in Lebanon In his Beirut office, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah is going over his operating list for the weekend: 11 children in total, with life-altering injuries from Israel’s wars on Lebanon and Gaza. “There are two siblings who have shrapnel from the 2024 war that is now causing medical problems,” the prominent British-Palestinian plastic and…
Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, a prominent British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is treating pediatric war wounds in his Beirut office. He has 11 children on his operating list for the weekend, all suffering life-altering injuries from Israel's conflicts with Lebanon and Gaza. Among them are two siblings who have shrapnel from the 2024 war causing ongoing medical issues.
One boy requires partial foot reconstruction, while another has a partial amputation. Another patient needs a prolonged reconstructive procedure for an elbow injury. Abu Sittah hopes to complete the necessary procedures to prepare the patients for prosthetic rehabilitation.
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