I commend CMAJ for reporting on the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, which has fallen off the front pages of most of the newspapers in the Western world. I have been astounded by the response to Christopher Mason’s article, 1 as evidenced by the eletters submitted to cmaj.ca. Despite the fact that Mason cited many independent and impartial sources in his article, some members of the medical community here in Canada have had the audacity to brush aside the raw data to turn the publication of his article and another one on Gaza in the same issue of CMAJ2 into a political debate.
As physicians, we are obliged to treat those in need regardless of political affiliation or religious beliefs. The people of Gaza are suffering beyond belief from this humanitarian disaster, and it is our duty as current or future physicians to advocate for their right to adequate health care.
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Competing interests: None declared.