More than 5,000 doctors demand royal colleges to act over ‘catastrophic humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza

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By Daniel Pye

More than 5,000 doctors have signed petitions to their royal colleges demanding action on the “catastrophic humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.

So far, 5,057 doctors have signed petitions, according to the UK Healthcare Petition to Royal Colleges (UKHPRC), making up almost half of the 10,318 healthcare workers in total, alongside dentists, nurses and pharmacists.