Children in Gaza underplaying their pain due to extent of trauma around them, say doctors

Children in Gaza underplaying their pain due to extent of trauma around them, say doctors

Observation was made by medics contributing a new pain management manual for treating children in conflict zones

Children being treated in Gaza’s hospitals are “underplaying” pain because it “seems trivial” in the context of the wider conflict, doctors have said.

International medics met in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday to discuss plans for a new trauma pain management manual to support professionals treating children in Gaza and other conflict zones.

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