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The Unifor Social Justice Fund has donated $50,000 to help Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to provide emergency medical aid in Gaza.
With the recent escalation of violence in the region, MSF has adapted its work to meet a massive influx of patients with gunshot wounds and burns from missile explosions.
“It will take a long time for people with these injuries to recover, not to mention the several surgeries they will have to undergo,” said Lynn, an MSF orthopaedic surgeon. “Life will never be the same for them.”
MSF teams, including vascular, orthopaedic and reconstructive surgeons and anaesthetists, are performing operations at five hospitals in the region.
In the past months, MSF has tripled its capacity to offer additional surgeries for the people injured by gunshots while managing five clinics to provide post-operative care.
“This donation by the Social Justice Fund will support the efforts of these highly trained medical volunteers who are working around the clock to alleviate suffering and save lives,” said Unifor International Director Mohamad Alsadi.
For more information on the Social Justice Fund visit unifor.org/sjf
