11 Recognition is the Beginning Conference: Professor Nick Maynard – The Humanitarian Context

11 Recognition is the Beginning Conference: Professor Nick Maynard – The Humanitarian Context

From Britain Palestine Project by Diana Safieh

June 4, 2026 · 22 min

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Professor Nick Maynard shares a personal account of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, detailing the impact on healthcare and civilian suffering.

Professor Nick Maynard , consultant surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals and one of the UK's most experienced medical volunteers in Gaza, delivers a stark and deeply personal account of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the territory. Drawing on multiple medical missions to Gaza, Maynard combines frontline observations with data from international organisations, medical journals and humanitarian agencies to illustrate the scale of civilian suffering, the collapse of healthcare infrastructure and the challenges facing Gaza's future recovery. In this presentation, Professor Maynard discusses: The human cost of the war in Gaza, including civilian casualties, child deaths, injuries and displacement. The impact of mass casualty events on Gaza's hospitals and medical staff. First-hand experiences treating patients suffering severe blast injuries and trauma. The destruction of healthcare facilities and the targeting of hospitals and medical personnel. The detention, treatment and deaths of healthcare workers during the conflict. Medical evidence relating to patterns of injuries seen among civilians. The effects of malnutrition, starvation and restrictions on humanitarian supplies…

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