Medhat Abbas
Palestinian health official
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Medhat Abbas (Arabic: مدحت عباس, romanized: Midḥat ʿAbbās) is a Palestinian doctor and the director-general for the Palestinian Ministry of Health of Gaza, serving in this position since January 2006.
Medhat Abbas | |
|---|---|
| مدحت عباس | |
| Director-General for the Gaza Health Ministry | |
| Assumed office January 2006 | |
Career
He was the chair of the international cooperation department for Gaza's health ministry during the 2008–2009 Gaza war.[1] Then he went on to become director-general for both Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.[2] First, he assumed the position at Al-Shifa during the 2012 Gaza War,[3] and later assuming the same position at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah during the 2014 Gaza War.[4]
During the Gaza war, Abbas implicated Israel in delaying the delivery of several X-ray machines into hospitals in Gaza, causing delays in treating "thousands of patients".[1]
