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Healthcare workers ‘among those starving’ in Gaza- IMO

By Mindo - 30th Jul 2025

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The IMO has described the current situation in Gaza as “intolerable” and it requires “urgent international action”.

In a statement today, the Organisation noted that healthcare workers “are among those starving”, even while striving to treat the wounded and care for communities under “appalling” conditions.

“The health system in Gaza has collapsed,” the IMO said in its statement.  “Doctors are being forced to deliver care in conditions that defy belief. They are under constant threat, without adequate equipment, and often without electricity or clean water.”

Medical workers in Gaza have been injured or killed in the course of their work.

“The IMO expresses its deepest solidarity with healthcare workers in Gaza and their families and salutes their courage and commitment to their work.”

Noting that the UN has reported that the worst-case scenario of famine is now unfolding in Gaza, the IMO called for the “full and immediate” lifting of all barriers to humanitarian aid.

“Aid must be allowed to flow safely and freely through non-partisan and trusted international partners such as the UN. The deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid and targeting of aid sites is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and their protocols.”

In June the IMO President Dr Anne Dee wrote directly to the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, expressing “grave concern and fear” amid “mass starvation arising from a deliberate blockade of aid (by the State of Israel)”. In her letter, Dr Dee strongly criticised the actions of Israel.

“We are seeing blatant contraventions of international humanitarian law by the State of Israel, and I urge the Irish Government to do all in its power, nationally and through international organisations, to end this horror and to ensure that Israel honours its obligations under international law.”

She wrote that “we abhor the actions of Hamas and we call for the return of hostages and an immediate ceasefire. But what we are witnessing in Gaza at the moment is mass starvation arising from a deliberate blockade of aid through well-established partnerships, by the State of Israel.” 

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Irish Doctors Orchestra to play UCD Ad Astra Hall for St James’s Hospital Foundation

By Reporter - 09th May 2025

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The Irish Doctors Orchestra will be performing live at UCD Ad Astra Hall on Sunday 18 May. This unique fundraising concert will feature a 50-piece orchestra made up of doctors from across Ireland, playing scores from beloved movies — from heart-stopping thrillers to feel-good classics.

All proceeds will go to St James’s Hospital Foundation, which will be supporting arts and health programmes at St James’s with the proceeds — bringing joy, connection, and creativity to patients through the arts.

Dr Emily Boyle, a founding orchestra member and a Consultant Vascular Surgeon based in Dublin, highlighted what attendees at Ad Astra Hall can expect on the day.

“We will have professional violinist and conductor, Patrick Rafter, and a 50-piece orchestra on the night. The orchestra is a unique gathering of medics who love to play classical music and we are thrilled to support the St James’s Hospital Foundation and the Creative Life programme which enable so many patients and medical staff to gain access to the benefits of creativity, which is such a central part of life for all of us in the orchestra”.

Tickets can be purchased at: https://supportstjames.ie/2025/04/22/medics-at-the-movies/

To learn more about this performance, visit the Irish Doctors Orchestra website www.irishdo.com, Twitter page @irishdoctorsorc or Instagram @irishdoctorsorchestra

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