In Gaza, hospital procedures without anaesthetics prompted screams, prayers

GAZA: The little girl was weeping in pain and screaming “Mummy, Mummy” while the nurse stitched up her head wound without using any anaesthetic, because none was available at the time at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
That was one of the worst moments nurse Abu Emad Hassanein could recall as he described the struggle to deal with an unprecedented influx of wounded people and a dearth of pain relief medication since the war in Gaza started a month ago.
“Sometimes we give some of them sterile gauze (to bite on) to reduce the pain,” said Hassanein.