Gaza children treated by French surgery team in Khan Younis

On July 3, a 5-member team of surgeons arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip for a week of neurosurgery and hand surgery on poor and needy patients, as well as training for local doctors at the Nasser Government Hospital in Khan Younis. This is the second mission to Gaza in 2010, as the team also worked there in January, in cooperation with the PCRF and the Consulate of France in East Jerusalem. The team was led by Prof. Christophe Oberlin, who has led many past missions to Gaza, and included other team members who have also volunteered in Gaza in the past. They were Dr. Christophe Denantes, Dr. Azez Rafee Asan, Dr. Lucia Heras Garcia and Dr. Oliver Mares. The PCRF is one of the few American-registered NGOs with a license from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) from the US Dept. of Treasury enabling us to work in the government hospitals in Gaza to provide humanitarian surgical care for sick and needy patients. There is also a Swiss plastic surgery team at the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis through the PCRF and the French Consulate treating burned children.