Robby Martin Yesterday at 7:12pm My good friend, writer and activist Mona El Farra sent me a tragic tale recently of a young girl. Nisreens right arm was amputated after a septic wound led to gangrene when she was three years old. This was due to a medical error, as the family says. However, there is a wider context affecting Nisreen and all Palestinians in Gaza. Inadequate health facilities, due first to the illegal Israeli-imposed siege and lack of proper medications, then to the lack of proper training for physicians and chances to exchange experiences with their colleagues. The border closures and tightening siege since 2007 have also denied the right to health, as increasing numbers of patients cannot travel due to restrictions from both the Egyptian and Israeli governments.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:14:24 +0000