Inaugural Dr Adnan Al-Bursh lecture pays tribute to Gaza’s health workers

Key points

• More than 200 people attended the inaugural Dr Adnan Al-Bursh Memorial Lecture on October 17, hosted by the Australian Healthcare Alliance for Palestine and Nurses and Midwives for Palestine. The event honoured Al-Bursh, a Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon who died on April 19, 2024, aged 50, after being tortured at Ofer Prison in the Occupied West Bank.
• Speakers included cardiologist Professor Peter Macdonald, who gave the keynote, and doctors who have undertaken medical missions in Gaza.
• Speakers described harsh conditions for medical staff and residents in Gaza, and called for people to speak out.