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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Hamam Mahmoud Hassan Al-Louh (1987-2023) is a consultant in kidney diseases , transplantation and blood pressure , who worked at Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in addition to teaching at the Islamic University and Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
His biography
Hamam Mahmoud Al-Louh was born in Gaza on April 26, 1987. He received his primary and secondary education in Gaza schools, then joined the Faculty of Medicine at Sana'a University and graduated in 2011. He then specialized in internal medicine and kidney diseases in Jordan with a medical grant from the Qatar Red Crescent's Specialized Medical Grants Program . He won first place in the Arab, Jordanian and Palestinian Boards in kidney diseases and was appointed as a kidney specialist at Jordan Hospital in 2018. He then returned to Gaza to be the only kidney doctor in the Strip. He was one of the Qatar Red Crescent consultants who contributed to the implementation of the "Specialized Surgical Operations for Poor Patients in Gaza" project.
On November 12, 2023 , Israeli airstrikes targeted his wife's family's home near Al-Shifa Hospital, and he was martyred along with his father, father-in-law, and brother-in-law. His last message before his martyrdom was when American journalist Amy Goodman asked him why he did not leave the hospital for a safe place in the south. He replied: "If I leave, who will treat the patients? They are human beings who deserve health care, not animals."
Holly Cairns, leader of the Social Democratic Party in Ireland, published an account of the recent interview the board gave in an Irish parliamentary debate.
It is noteworthy that Al-Lawh’s mother, Haifa Al-Sarraj, who also works as a doctor, is still trapped with his wife, his two children aged five and four, and other relatives, including children, in the vicinity of the house.
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