Dr. Mads Gilbert interview on hospital situation in Gaza

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Dr Mads Gilbert talks about his Gaza strip experience

"I HAD TO WRITE"

PREFACE TESTIMONY

by Norwegian Doctor Mads Gilbert to his book "Night in Gaza"

"This book is a testimony, not an academic thesis or a neutral journalistic report.

     This book is my account of what I witnessed in Gaza in the summer of 2014. It is the story of some of the human cost paid by the Palestinian people for enduring the Israeli occupation. For almost seventy years, they have been living under an increasingly brutal apartheid regime and constant military attacks. Many older Palestinians still remember what happened in 1948  in the Nakba, the Palestinian Catastrophe, when the state of Israel was created on their land. Large parts of the population in what was once Palestine were driven from their homes, towns and villages by armed forces and terror. Most of the Palestinians in
Gaza are refugees in their own country.

     The elderly generation who remember the Nakba say a part of my life and  that the attack this summer was worse than in 1948.

     I have been carrying out medical solidarity work for the Palestinians since 1981. It has become a part of my life and a great source of joy, sorrow, inspiration and disappointment. For the the past fifteen years, I have been working in Gaza with the Palestinian health service, making at least one trip a year to teach, organise projects, perform research, learn or carry out actual emergency medical treatment, especially in periods of war. Since 2006, I have witnessed at close hand four attacks by the Israeli military on the population of Gaza. Each time it happens I feel anxiety coming me over me in Norway. I know that I must go..."

..."What I experience was awful,  and it was immense. The sounds of bombs and screaming, bodies torn to pieces and a society reduced to rubble, but I also saw camaraderie, dignity, human courage and unflinching resolve.

     I had no choice but to write. 

     The story of the Palestinians is best told by the Palestinians themselves. They rarely appear in the mainstream Western news sources, especially not in the United States, where the well-oiled and loudly voiced official Israeli account dominates, leaving no space for telling about the Palestinians' suffering or for self critical analysis, just the usual claims about 'Palestinian terrorism' and  'Israeli self-defense'.

This is all that I will write of Mads Gilbert TESTIMONY...his words you must read or listen to yourself. I simply wanted to share a part for I find this man beyond incredible and humane...

Oh, one last paragraph...When a pen, a camera, and a stethoscope are seen as security threats, we know we are dealing with a regime that is afraid of the truth and that believes power confers rights,"

Dr. Mads Gilbert-A Night in Gaza

Dr. Gilbert, I do hope that you do not find my writing parts of your  book as a way to take your work. I only want to use your work to shed light upon the world as to what you are doing for I find you one of the most noble person upon this earth.. You have much to share and teach to a world that needs to opens its eyes and its hearts. I thank you so very much...

Maria Juarez Beam (Boheme)

Musical Selection: We Are the World...We are Palestinian Children

War - Edwin Starr

Rise Against - Hero Of War

Marvin Gaye Whats going On 1972 Cover tune.

Homeless Veteran PTSD Song - 'I'm Not Home' (Official Lyric Video)

The True Cost of War...Veterans

A homeless Veteran in the United States...the statistics say that 65% of the homeless in the "Land of the Free" are Veterans...

Others say 1 of 4 homeless are Veterans...

The majority of homeless Veterans are African American or Latino...

Many are disabled

I have read that President Obama is funding many programs for our Veterans.

Much of their health care and medications are not paid for by Veterans benefits.

At least 22 Veterans commit suicide daily. I have heard up to forty, but this is the research that I am finding. 

At least one active duty Veteran (a soldier or an airman while serving is considered a Veteran) commits suicide every day, although the research I have been doing says that the numbers are decreasing due to the military, all branches, are implementing programs for suicide prevention.

The United States sends our soldiers and airmen off to serve as heroes, but when they return, unfortunately, many in this country pay no attention to them any longer. I am not saying everyone, but many.

It is so unfortunate for our men and women who served for they are lost when they return. Many realize the horror and live with it in their minds and their hearts daily. It not only takes a physical wound to be damaged, their are many wounds inside.

A staggering number of our Veterans are suffering from PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder.

Definition

By Mayo Clinic Staff

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.

Many people who go through traumatic events have difficulty adjusting and coping for a while, but they don't have PTSD — with time and good self-care, they usually get better. But if the symptoms get worse or last for months or even years and interfere with your functioning, you may have PTSD.

Getting effective treatment after PTSD symptoms develop can be critical to reduce symptoms and improve function. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/basics/definition/con-20022540

It literally took a fight of words between researchers and doctors, to convince the higher ups in the military, what a serious problem
PTSD is, and to finally fund programs for Veterans who suffer from the disorder, around a table at the Pentagon.

Soldiers see things, do things that we can never imagine...I will post some pictures now that only touches the surface of what a soldier must face daily and this is only the touch of what we see...or do not see...

 

Now some positives...with the governmental programs there is now hope for those suffering form PTSD...

War carries a heavy burden upon our Veterans...to live with war inside must carry a heavy load. I ask those who are from other countries who may be reading this, to do your best to not be angry at our Veterans, at our government and those who profit from war, yes. But, these young men and women realize so much once they have seen the destruction, the dying, the killing, and who knows what more they must carry within...

I thank you for reading my simple words, and unfortunately this was the best I could do in research, but I will post some links if you care to read further. Once again, I say, may we all have peace...

Maria Juarez Beam (Boheme)

http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/fact-sheet-veteran-homelessness

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/03/31/suicides-military-2014/70735040/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/why-america-needs-war/5328631

A great resource: Iraqi Veterans Against the War:

www.ivaw.org

Musical Selection: Homeless Veteran PTSD Song: "I'm Not Home

https://youtu.be/zekytHlCo7Y

There are also some amazing phone numbers to call if you are in need. This number is if you are in need at any moment for PTSD, Suicide prevention, or if you need someone to talk with:
Veterans Crisis Line-1-800-273-8255

This number is for non-serving Veterans, The Veteran's Center
1-877-927-8387

If you are currently serving, your post is for yourself and for family members

Any VA Center in your area for yourself or for family members for we suffer too...


REMEMBER, REACH OUT. IT TAKES GREAT STRENGTH TO KNOW YOU NEED HELP AND THEN TO ASK FOR IT.
 I HONOR YOU ALL. 
IN PEACE AND LOVE... 
Paz y Amor...Maria

Maria Juarez Beam (Boheme)

Maher Zain - So Soon | Official Music Video

THE NIGHTWATCHMAN (Tom Morello) "Road I Must Travel"

So What Does War Accomplish...?

Do you ever ask yourself the question? 

Death, destruction, young men and women off to fight for "freedom"...to hoard resources for the powers that be, and kill those who get in our way, no matter if they are women and children...

I honor our Veterans highly, but the ugly and dirty filth behind war is a path deviated from our true human nature...war is FEAR...war is GREED...

We are supposed to be civilized...and it is the "so called" civilized countries that inflict this horror called WAR...

Countries are unrecognizable, countries are torn to shreds, arms are given to "militants" to fight whose side...?

War is pure insanity...no other words for it in my mind and heart...

Propaganda tells us who are bad and who are good...

Yet the "good" are arming and training the "bad"...

A stamp with USA, and other western powers, send the jets, send the bombs, send the drones, send the arms, all to control a country, to throw a coup, to control what they want...ALL NAMED IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY...
FREEDOM...

Yes, those who stand up against the tyranny and fight the oppression, these are the ones who are truly fighting for FREEDOM

When will we realize and open our eyes...

What will we do to make it stop...

One is working at their desk, while someone has just been blown apart by bomb dropped by a drone...a child, a beautiful innocent child who deserves the same life that your children do...

What are you going to do, and when are you going to ask the question, "So what does war accomplish?

"I have my job, my house, my family...life is good..." One says to themselves...

But it is NOT GOOD FOR ALL...

  

This is a simple writing from my heart and from my anger. I really want to write a piece with statistics. I used to be a very good researcher...until brain injury, but I will write it and I will write it soon for the world cannot wait...

Maria Juarez Beam (Boheme)

Musical Selection:

The Night Watch Man (Tom Morello) "The Road I must Travel

https://youtu.be/yrBfPLUm5so

May humanity one day turn to peace...