A medical point is not a delivery of supplies. It is a room, a rota, a stock of consumables that runs down every single day, and a staff who have to be there tomorrow as well. Ours is in Deir al-Balah, and it treats more than 450 people a week.
The distinction matters when it comes to funding. A one-off donation buys a week of dressings. What keeps a clinic open is a commitment that renews, which is why this program is described as operational support rather than as a campaign.
What the week looks like
Wound care, chronic conditions that no longer have a hospital to go to, children with infections that would be unremarkable anywhere else, and the steady background of people who simply have nowhere nearer to go. The clinic also supplies hospitals directly when we are able to source what they ask for.
The clinic does not close. That is the whole promise, and it is the expensive part.
We are keeping this report short because we would rather publish it with a photograph taken at the point itself than with a stock image from somewhere else. That photograph is coming.
