UAE's floating hospital at Al Arish - in pictures

Doctors from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital docked off the coast of Al Arish, in Egypt. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
Doctors from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital docked off the coast of Al Arish, in Egypt. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
The UAE's floating field hospital is a 100-bed repurposed vessel
The UAE's floating field hospital is a 100-bed repurposed vessel
A doctor from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
A doctor from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors have treated hundreds of patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors have treated hundreds of patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Dr Hamd Al Ahmad with a young patient
Dr Hamd Al Ahmad with a young patient
The floating hospital was established to ease the strain placed by the continuing war on Gaza's overwhelmed health centres
The floating hospital was established to ease the strain placed by the continuing war on Gaza's overwhelmed health centres
A doctor on the UAE floating field hospital
A doctor on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors and patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors and patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Patient Adnan Shaheen on the UAE floating field hospital
Patient Adnan Shaheen on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors and patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Doctors and patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
Patients from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
A young Palestinian in an ambulance on the floating field hospital
A young Palestinian in an ambulance on the floating field hospital
A doctor from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital
A doctor from Gaza on the UAE floating field hospital