Long Island doctor returns from medical mission in Gaza. Hear his heartbreaking story.

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A plastic surgeon from Long Island recently returned from a medical mission in Gaza and says the experience changed him forever.

MANHASSET , N.Y. -- Dr. Syed Sayeed was a world away from his plastic surgery practice in Manhasset , working at the European Gaza Hospital, located between the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah. Sayeed says the hospital has a capacity of about 240-250 beds, but it's treating over 1,000 patients.For two and a half weeks, he worked from early in the morning until late at night, volunteering with the international humanitarian and emergency response group MedGlobal in a devastated Gaza.

'I got in touch with a couple of different surgeons in the United States to see who would accept her as a transfer.'Sayeed says a day after the border closed, Hala died from sepsis.'I really took it to heart,' he said.'I was there to tell their story''I consider myself an American Muslim I grew up in the south Bronx,' Sayeed said. 'I was there as a brother from the outside, showing them that hey, you're not alone...

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