There are dementia patients in Gaza too

Bilal Irfan^{1

2

3

4}, Abdallah Abu Shammala⁵, Nour Alshaer^{1

6

7}, Elias Nasser^{1

8}, Muaaz Wajahath^{1

9}, Adam Hamawy^{1

10}, Mohammed Tahir^{1

11}, Haseeb Khawaja^{1

12}, Osaama Khan^{1

13}, Karim Fikry^{1

14}, Arshad Kaleem^{1

15

16}, Mosab Nasser¹, Khaled J Saleh^{1

9}

Affiliations

¹ FAJR Scientific, Houston, TX, USA.
² Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ European Gaza Hospital, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁶ Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁷ Mohammed Yousef El-Najar Hospital, Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁸ The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁹ Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁰ Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, NJ, USA.
¹¹ Bart's Health, London, UK.
¹² Canton Medical Clinic, Canton, OH, USA.
¹³ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁴ Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
¹⁵ High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery, El Paso, TX, USA.
¹⁶ University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.

PMID: 39497293
DOI: 10.1177/13872877241290368

Editorial

There are dementia patients in Gaza too

Bilal Irfan et al. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;102(2):317-320.

doi: 10.1177/13872877241290368. Epub 2024 Nov 3.

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Affiliations

¹ FAJR Scientific, Houston, TX, USA.
² Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ European Gaza Hospital, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁶ Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁷ Mohammed Yousef El-Najar Hospital, Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
⁸ The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁹ Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁰ Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, NJ, USA.
¹¹ Bart's Health, London, UK.
¹² Canton Medical Clinic, Canton, OH, USA.
¹³ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁴ Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
¹⁵ High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery, El Paso, TX, USA.
¹⁶ University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.

PMID: 39497293
DOI: 10.1177/13872877241290368

Abstract

This editorial highlights the devastating impact of the ongoing Israeli military assault in Gaza on dementia patients, whose fragile care systems have collapsed, leaving them vulnerable and without essential medical support. Through harrowing stories of displacement, medication shortages, and tragic deaths, the piece underscores the profound moral failure in protecting Gaza's most vulnerable, calling for urgent global action to address the humanitarian crisis and ensure dignity and healthcare for all affected individuals.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Gaza; displacement; medication shortages; military-assault affected regions; vulnerable populations.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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