40 Year old Gaza patient Wa’el Abu Saada dies because of siege

September 24, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ PIC 24/09/2013 – 01:11 PM ]
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GAZA, (PIC)– A 40-year-old heart patient died in Breij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Monday night after he was blocked from travel via the Rafah border crossing for treatment abroad.

Brother of the deceased man, Wa’el Abu Saada, told the PIC reporter that Wa’el had tried more than once to travel via Rafah crossing en route to Jordan for treatment but was always denied permission by the Egyptian authorities.

The patient has been suffering from heart disease over the past ten years and was hoping to undergo a surgery in Jordan to implant a pacemaker for his heart after his health condition worsened over the past two years.

Wa’el Abu Saada died in a heart attack on Monday night before arriving at Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah.