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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Harsh Living Conditions Aggravate Gaza Burn Injuries

File Photo: Palestinian medics and protestors wheel a wounded youth, who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, into the treatment room of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

With bandages wrapped around his head and body, Attia al-Sawafiri was lying in the burns unit of a Gaza hospital, waiting for his first skin graft.

The 50-year-old Palestinian has suffered chemical burn injuries not as a result of cross-border fighting, but while trying to unblock his drains -- a common problem in the Gaza Strip, where many people live in cramped housing with dilapidated infrastructure.

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