British doctor in Gaza says colleagues stopped from taking baby formula into hospital

British doctor in Palestine says colleagues prevented from taking baby formula into hospital Source: ITV

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00:00I spent quite a bit of time on the paediatric intent to care, you know, because I had patients there,

00:04appalling malnutrition, and a lot of doctors I know who have taken in formula feed

00:12because they knew there was such a shortage.

00:14None has been allowed in by the Israelis since the last season.

00:17You go through a checkpoint, you get searched as a doctor,

00:20and if you've got any baby formula in your pockets or in your bag,

00:23they will confiscate it from you?

00:25Very specifically confiscating that.

00:27Nothing else. They confiscated every single carton of formula feed that these doctors were taking.

00:34Can you think of any reason other than they just don't want you to give it to the babies?

00:38We're very cautious in what we take in because we know much will be confiscated,

00:43and certainly they always say anything that could be remotely used as a weapon,

00:46such as surgical instruments, we can't take in,

00:49but I cannot think of any reason why they would confiscate formula feed.