Medical warning: Death of a toddler by broken evacuation
Medical warning: Death of a toddler by broken evacuation
Amman, Jordan-Doctors report that the two-year-old Habiba al-Saskari only has to live to live for a few days because the gangrene spreads out on their arms and legs. Only an urgent medical evacuation from Gaza could save her Life.
threatening health situation
Habiba suffers from a rare genetic illness: a protein-C deficiency that leads to excessive blood clotting and can result in slow death. This disease is highly treatable -but not in Gaza, where the health institutions and stocks by The years of conflicts in the Palestinian enclave strongly decimated were.
international support
At the beginning of this month, international aid organizations worked to go through the complex approval processes of the Israeli authorities in order to enable Habiba to leave Gaza for treatment. According to Cogat Gaza coordinated, Habiba actually received the formal permission to leave. The authorities in Jordan had already organized everything to bring them to Amman for treatment, after CNN report about your case was published. A complex mission was launched a few days ago, with the Jordan Military being prepared to pick up Habiba.last minute delays
But at the last minute the Israeli authorities delayed the mission, which was a devastating surprise for their family and doctors. Habiba is currently still in Gaza, her illness deteriorates from hour to hour.
"My heart just wanted to take her in my arms and run across the border with her," said Dr. Mohamed Kuziez, who treated Habiba in Gaza.
parents in despair
"Habibas life is now in danger", her desperate mother Rana reported on Thursday with tears towards CNN. "I don't understand why she doesn't allow her to get medical treatment. What crime did she commit?"
cogat did not respond to the repeated inquiries from CNN regarding the delay.
urgent need for action
Habiba listen to at least 2,500 children in Gaza who urgently need medical evacuation, according to the UN. As part of the recently signed ceasefire and the Agreement on the release of hostages between Israel and the militant group Hamas, the Gaza controls, the Israeli authorities should increase the number of Gaza residents that are allowed to leave for treatments
However, no Medical Evacuations from Gaza. The last evacuation took place on January 16, when only 12 patients were brought to European countries, according to the World Health Organization. Around 12,000 people in Gaza continue to wait for medical evacuation.
critical condition and possible amputations
On Thursday morning, Habiba was admitted to the intensive care unit in Gaza with the suspicion of pneumonia. Surrounded by foreign and local doctors who do everything they can to keep them alive, they were hardly there unconscious and groaned between the tedious breaths.
The arms and the right leg of the toddler have become black by the gangrene. Doctors informed CNN on Thursday that their To be too late to save your arms.
gangrene can lead to sepsis - an infection in the blood flow - that increases the risk of fast organ failure and death.
understaffing in healthcare
Because of the tense situation in the Gaza health system, the doctors do not have the necessary diagnostic means to determine exactly what happens to Habiba, explained Dr. Mohamed Kuziez, an American pediatrician from Colorado who recently left with the NGO Rahma Worldwide Gaza after voluntary use.
dr. Kuziez treated Habiba several weeks ago in Gaza city and supervised her care, while the paramedics were waiting for the Israeli authorities' permission to bring them south, which would have been a first step in the evacuation process. But as soon as he arrived in the USA, he received the news about the dramatic deterioration of her condition. "I try to stand up to the mother and give medical advice," he said in a choked voice.
"But in the back of my mind I have the worry that it could be too late. There is still hope for her, but she wanes every minute."
He is tortured by the thought that Habiba's state could be treated in good time if she had had access to the right facilities. As Dr. Kuziez Gaza left, he thought: "My heart just wanted to take her in my arms and run across the border with her."
The blockade of your evacuation will be a death sentence, he warned. "For everyone who has medical knowledge, it seems like a deliberate attempt to kill this child. There is no other way to describe it. This child urgently needs critical medical care."
A high -ranking Jordan civil servant announced that Amman continues to drive the request for the evacuation of Habiba with the Israeli authorities and is immediately ready to act.
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