Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
@ninanaidu.bsky.social
mother, plastic & reconstructive surgeon, anokha
“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine."
-Che Guevara
“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine."
-Che Guevara
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’”
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’”
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
-Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Palestinian children in Gaza light candles to celebrate the New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Palestinian children in Gaza light candles to celebrate the New Year.
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Doctors Without Borders banned from Gaza.
Destroy the hospitals, kill hundreds of doctors, and then ban a medical volunteering organisation that has stepped into the vacuum and saved thousands of lives.
Genocide
Destroy the hospitals, kill hundreds of doctors, and then ban a medical volunteering organisation that has stepped into the vacuum and saved thousands of lives.
Genocide
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Doctors Without Borders banned from Gaza.
Destroy the hospitals, kill hundreds of doctors, and then ban a medical volunteering organisation that has stepped into the vacuum and saved thousands of lives.
Genocide
Destroy the hospitals, kill hundreds of doctors, and then ban a medical volunteering organisation that has stepped into the vacuum and saved thousands of lives.
Genocide
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“Afghan women themselves demanded legal recognition to capture the brutality they have been forced to endure.”
Sahar Halaimzai explains the importance of recognizing Taliban’s oppression of women as “gender apartheid.”
Read the full piece:
zeteo.com/p/taliban-wo...
Sahar Halaimzai explains the importance of recognizing Taliban’s oppression of women as “gender apartheid.”
Read the full piece:
zeteo.com/p/taliban-wo...
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Afghan women themselves demanded legal recognition to capture the brutality they have been forced to endure.”
Sahar Halaimzai explains the importance of recognizing Taliban’s oppression of women as “gender apartheid.”
Read the full piece:
zeteo.com/p/taliban-wo...
Sahar Halaimzai explains the importance of recognizing Taliban’s oppression of women as “gender apartheid.”
Read the full piece:
zeteo.com/p/taliban-wo...
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
UN aid workers describe Sudan’s el-Fasher as a ‘crime scene’ after RSF takeover - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-aid-workers-describe-sudans-el-fasher-crime-scene-after-rsf-takeover
UN aid workers describe Sudan’s el-Fasher as a ‘crime scene’ after RSF takeover
In first visit since takeover by UAE-backed paramilitary force, international aid staff found the city largely lifeless
www.middleeasteye.net
December 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
UN aid workers describe Sudan’s el-Fasher as a ‘crime scene’ after RSF takeover - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-aid-workers-describe-sudans-el-fasher-crime-scene-after-rsf-takeover
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been abducted by Israel for 365 days.
December 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been abducted by Israel for 365 days.
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"...the climate is not merely a backdrop to human life, it is embedded in who we are and how we live."
A Comment discusses the complex relationship between climate change, human migration, and health: spkl.io/63328AYPIa
A Comment discusses the complex relationship between climate change, human migration, and health: spkl.io/63328AYPIa
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"...the climate is not merely a backdrop to human life, it is embedded in who we are and how we live."
A Comment discusses the complex relationship between climate change, human migration, and health: spkl.io/63328AYPIa
A Comment discusses the complex relationship between climate change, human migration, and health: spkl.io/63328AYPIa
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168 doctors graduate in the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/168-doctors-graduate-ruins-al-shifa-hospital-gaza
168 doctors graduate in the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>168 Palestinian doctors graduated with advanced medical certifications in a ceremony held in the rubble of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.</p>
<p>Dubbed the “Humanity Cohort,” the doctors had prepared for their examinations while working in Gaza’s hospitals throughout Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. </p>
<p>According to Al Jazeera, some of the graduating doctors had been injured, arrested, or had family members killed.</p>
<p>The ceremony also featured empty chairs with photographs of healthcare workers who had been killed during the genocide.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
168 doctors graduate in the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/168-doctors-graduate-ruins-al-shifa-hospital-gaza
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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In 2025, MSF continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises.
This selection of photos from the past year captures both breaking points and moments of resilience among the people we assist and our staff.
View the full photo story: https://ow.ly/cqhA50XNenE
This selection of photos from the past year captures both breaking points and moments of resilience among the people we assist and our staff.
View the full photo story: https://ow.ly/cqhA50XNenE
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In 2025, MSF continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises.
This selection of photos from the past year captures both breaking points and moments of resilience among the people we assist and our staff.
View the full photo story: https://ow.ly/cqhA50XNenE
This selection of photos from the past year captures both breaking points and moments of resilience among the people we assist and our staff.
View the full photo story: https://ow.ly/cqhA50XNenE
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
MSF continues to engage with Israeli authorities to continue our activities.
Read our statement: ow.ly/BVjB50XNfu6
Read our statement: ow.ly/BVjB50XNfu6
Palestine: MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Israel’s new registration requirements for international NGOs threaten to halt MSF’S critical healthcare and humanitarian services in Gaza, putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk in 2026.
ow.ly
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
MSF continues to engage with Israeli authorities to continue our activities.
Read our statement: ow.ly/BVjB50XNfu6
Read our statement: ow.ly/BVjB50XNfu6
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
In it’s genocide in Gaza, Israel destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure. As it continues to block medical necessities from entering, doctors in Gaza have begun using solar powered 3D-printers to save fractured bones.
https://ow.ly/ompv50XMxb9
https://ow.ly/ompv50XMxb9
Gaza doctors use 3D tech to save limbs shattered by Israel from amputation
'Palestinian doctors are still creating, still resisting, still saving lives - one printed piece at a time.'
ow.ly
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In it’s genocide in Gaza, Israel destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure. As it continues to block medical necessities from entering, doctors in Gaza have begun using solar powered 3D-printers to save fractured bones.
https://ow.ly/ompv50XMxb9
https://ow.ly/ompv50XMxb9
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
If the right to free speech does not include the right to oppose an active genocide using strong and unmitigated language, then there is no freedom of speech.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-youre-n...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-youre-n...
If You're Not Free To Oppose A Genocide, Your Society Is Not Free
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If the right to free speech does not include the right to oppose an active genocide using strong and unmitigated language, then there is no freedom of speech.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-youre-n...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-youre-n...
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
#Sudan El Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces on Oct. 26 after months of siege. Noor, Mawahib, Mohammed and Nasr, now refugees in #Chad share the story of their city's destruction.
Watch our documentary, #Sudan El Fasher under siege: https://youtu.be/-nVGeUHQH3g
Watch our documentary, #Sudan El Fasher under siege: https://youtu.be/-nVGeUHQH3g
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#Sudan El Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces on Oct. 26 after months of siege. Noor, Mawahib, Mohammed and Nasr, now refugees in #Chad share the story of their city's destruction.
Watch our documentary, #Sudan El Fasher under siege: https://youtu.be/-nVGeUHQH3g
Watch our documentary, #Sudan El Fasher under siege: https://youtu.be/-nVGeUHQH3g
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
4·6 billion people lacked essential health services in 2023.
Universal health coverage stands as the organising vision for national health systems. Yet translating this promise into reality has proven complex.
On #UHCDay, read our latest Editorial: spkl.io/63328Aiz6e
Universal health coverage stands as the organising vision for national health systems. Yet translating this promise into reality has proven complex.
On #UHCDay, read our latest Editorial: spkl.io/63328Aiz6e
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
4·6 billion people lacked essential health services in 2023.
Universal health coverage stands as the organising vision for national health systems. Yet translating this promise into reality has proven complex.
On #UHCDay, read our latest Editorial: spkl.io/63328Aiz6e
Universal health coverage stands as the organising vision for national health systems. Yet translating this promise into reality has proven complex.
On #UHCDay, read our latest Editorial: spkl.io/63328Aiz6e
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
[FR] 🚨 Nouveau podcast : Syrie, Gaza, et l'hostilité européenne envers les réfugiés 🚨
🗣️ Le 30 décembre 2024, Michaël Neuman était l'invité du podcast The Civil Fleet.
👉 Retrouvez le podcast sur notre site : msf-crash.org/fr/podcasts/...
🗣️ Le 30 décembre 2024, Michaël Neuman était l'invité du podcast The Civil Fleet.
👉 Retrouvez le podcast sur notre site : msf-crash.org/fr/podcasts/...
Syrie, Gaza, et l'hostilité européenne envers les réfugiés
Dans cet épisode en anglais du podcast The Civil Fleet, Michaël Neuman évoque la présence de MSF en Syrie et à Gaza, ainsi que l’engagement de l’organisation dans l’assistance aux réfugiés syriens en ...
msf-crash.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
[FR] 🚨 Nouveau podcast : Syrie, Gaza, et l'hostilité européenne envers les réfugiés 🚨
🗣️ Le 30 décembre 2024, Michaël Neuman était l'invité du podcast The Civil Fleet.
👉 Retrouvez le podcast sur notre site : msf-crash.org/fr/podcasts/...
🗣️ Le 30 décembre 2024, Michaël Neuman était l'invité du podcast The Civil Fleet.
👉 Retrouvez le podcast sur notre site : msf-crash.org/fr/podcasts/...
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
This year in South Sudan:
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This year in South Sudan:
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Funding cuts and escalating conflict are disrupting health care access amid declining international interest and support for humanitarian needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/health-care-gaps-are-threatening-lives-south-sudan
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Rick was a bit ahead of the curve.
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Rick was a bit ahead of the curve.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Read our full statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
South Sudan: MSF healthcare facility hit during an airstrike | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
An MSF healthcare facility in Pieri, South Sudan was hit during an airstrike, highlighting escalating attacks on medical services and urgent calls for protection.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Read our full statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
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Ceasefire My Ass; Israel continues to crush & burn people to death while in their fucking tents
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ceasefire My Ass; Israel continues to crush & burn people to death while in their fucking tents
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Reposted by Nina S. Naidu, MD FACS
Right now, teams are providing care close to the front lines in Ukraine, running a trauma center in Afghanistan, and distributing water in Sudan.
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Right now, teams are providing care close to the front lines in Ukraine, running a trauma center in Afghanistan, and distributing water in Sudan.
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday
Now more than ever, you can make a difference. https://bit.ly/48r7y79 #GivingTuesday