As people working in the health sector in Switzerland, we can no longer remain silent.
We are a network of healthcare professionals based in Switzerland. Our members include nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, complementary medicine practitioners, paramedics, occupational therapists and psychologists, among others.
Alongside our colleagues around the world, we are dedicated to doing our part to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the atrocities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
We stand united against all forms of racism. We unequivocally condemn anti-Semitism.
As people working in the healthcare sector in Switzerland, we can no longer remain silent in the face of the ongoing attacks on Gaza's healthcare system and the genocide unfolding before our eyes.
The Swiss government should do everything in its power to ensure that the Geneva Conventions are respected. This means that the wounded and sick, medical personnel, ambulances and hospitals (or other medical facilities) must be protected.
To prevent tens of thousands of people from starving to death and to save an entire generation of children from being wiped out, humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza immediately.
Words alone cannot stop the genocide taking place before our eyes, action is needed. By failing to act, Switzerland is complicit.*
* We refer to the following geneva conventions: