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On the night of July 31, eight patients and their relatives landed on Norwegian soil after being evacuated from Gaza. The evacuated patients brought fewer relatives than the Norwegian authorities had anticipated, allowing more people to be evacuated than initially planned. Foto: Ministry of Interior, Slovakia.
On the night of July 31, eight patients and their relatives landed on Norwegian soil after being evacuated from Gaza. The evacuated patients brought fewer relatives than the Norwegian authorities had anticipated, allowing more people to be evacuated than initially planned. Foto: Ministry of Interior, Slovakia.
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While most Danes have been on summer vacation, the daily queues outside the hospitals and health clinics affiliated with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza have almost exploded.

Right now, several clinics have to stop admitting new patients as early as 9:30 a.m. because by that time, there are typically so many patients in need that it’s impossible to promise any more that they can be seen that day.

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