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Monday, January 18, 2010

Gaza family appeals to Abbas to help save dying son

Ma'an
The family of a young boy in Gaza who suffers from cancer appealed on Monday to President Mahmoud Abbas to intervene in their son’s treatment.

Ahmad Al-Agha, 12, suffers from cancer of the abdominal lymph nodes. A medical report issued by the Al-Rantisi Pediatric Hospital revealed that in mid 2009, Al-Agha’s condition improved following chemotherapy. However, his condition deteriorated over the last six months and is urgently in need of medical treatment in a developed cancer ward outside of Gaza, the report said.

......Ahmad’s father explained that the de facto Ministry of Health had contacted Israeli hospitals on behalf of Ahmad, which refused to transfer him. Additionally, a transfer request was made to the Al-Hussein Medical Institute in Jordan but received no reply.   Full story
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