ELEGY
for al-Shifa Hospital
Global Rights - Elegy for al-Shifa Hospital
1.
Dread rains on my roof with
its pictures of death and destruction.
Sorrow and her sister, terror, come visit
with their shrill symphonies of pain.
“Famine looms, disease outbreaks spread
and trauma injuries increase” the
noisy radios boast.
i tried reason with the pictures.
Tried turn the sound right down on the radio.
Tried to pull the plug from the wall, bury
my head in the sand, tried it all.
Tried to pry their heartless hands from
strangling my throat
“...some of the victims had their hands tied and they were buried alive and others according to eyewitness accounts were crushed with tanks and what appears to be an attempt to cover up evidence...”
ELEGY for al-Shifa Hospital - FULL POEM
Al-Shifa Hospital ‘an empty shell with human graves’: WHO
April 6, 2024 – “WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the UN agency and other partner organisations have managed to reach the medical complex in Gaza City following Israel’s deadly two-week siege. “The team witnessed at least five dead bodies during the mission. Most of the buildings in the hospital complex are extensively destroyed and the majority of assets are damaged or reduced to ashes. Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible,” he said in a post on X. “An in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed to determine if the remaining buildings are safe for future use. WHO and partners’ recent effort to support the revival of basic services at al-Shifa are now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services.””
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