Before the world reads its morning headlines, Santhosh Kumar S.S., director of the UN emergency medical team in Gaza and currently Professor of Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, had already endured nights that scar the soul. Speaking at the Quantum Century exhibition organised by Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) at Government College here on Tuesday, he described a land where hospitals were bombed, hunger drove people to riots and killings, and families were forced into tents without water, sanitation or food.

Before the world reads its morning headlines, Santhosh Kumar S.S., director of the UN emergency medical team in Gaza and currently Professor of Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, had already endured nights that scar the soul. Speaking at the Quantum Century exhibition organised by Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) at Government College here on Tuesday, he described a land where hospitals were bombed, hunger drove people to riots and killings, and families were forced into tents without water, sanitation or food.