Tom Potokar Explained

Professor Thomas Stephen Potokar OBE[1] (born January 1964) is chair of the Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy & Research at Swansea University. He is the founder and director of the charity Interburns.[2] [3]

Potokar has been the chief surgeon of the ICRC since 2021.[4] During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Potokar shared his experiences while he was working in the European Hospital in southern Gaza, describing an over-capacity hospital with Palestinian civilians who had suffered shrapnel wounds.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NHS Wales - Consultant surgeon honoured for work with global burns patients. Wales.nhs.uk. 14 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Professor Tom Potokar. Swansea.ac.uk. 14 August 2018.
  3. Web site: University gets £2m to research burns. 18 July 2017. 14 August 2018. Bbc.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Tom Potokar – LinkedIn profile . 29 December 2023 . LinkedIn.
  5. Web site: Surgeon Dr. Tom Potokar shares on the situation from European Hospital, Gaza. . 13 November 2023 . X (Twitter) . International Committee of the Red Cross.
  6. Web site: 13 November 2023 . ICRC – Surgeon Dr. Tom Potokar shares on the situation from European Hospital, Gaza . 2023-12-29 . www.instagram.com . International Committee of the Red Cross.

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