No Vaccine but Polio for Palestine!

Nov 9, 2013 by occpal And Yes! Media is buzzing again about the altruistic ‘aid’ of this world and contribution to health of kids by buzzing media reports about 20 million kids to get polio vaccine after Syria outbreak. (Source) Of course because Europe is at alleged risk. Not in Palestine though. On May 20, […]

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14 prisoners in serious condition due to severe medical negligence in Israel’s Ramlah Prison

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 18, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Riad Amour, the  representative of the ill prisoners in Ramlah prison hospital, said that about 14 Palestinian  prisoners suffer from medical negligence and bad treatment in Ramlah prison hospital. Lawyer of the Prisoners Ministry in Ramallah Hanan El-Khatib said in a press release on Saturday […]

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URGENT ▶ Silent Genocide: Lives of 360 Gaza patients in danger

Al Ray | Aug 6, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday  announced  in a statement that closing Rafah crossing put lives of 360 patients in danger. The statement explained  that these patients have official reference documentation to be treated abroad, but closing Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities prevented them […]

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450 haemophilia patients in Palestine face problems in treatment

Al Qassam website  | 01-07-2013,09:11  Jad Taweel, chairman of the board of directors for Palestinian Society for Bleeding Disorders (PSBD) said there are 450 haemophilia patients in Palestine facing severe problems in treatment.   Taweel pointed in press statement on Saturday to the patients’ inability to afford the high costs of treatment, the high incidence […]

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Detainee taken to hospital as health declines

Maan News Agency | May 24, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israeli prison authorities transferred on Thursday night detainee Mansour al-Shahatit from Ramon prison to Soroka Hospital, after his health seriously deteriorated. Mansour’s father told Ma’an that “detainees at Ramon called me and informed me that my son was transferred from an isolation cell to Soroka […]

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Ahrar: Health condition of prisoner Adel Shaniur deteriorates

[ PIC 21/05/2013 – 09:39 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights called on the international human rights organizations to work for the release of 64-year-old administrative detainee Haj Adel Shaniur, from al-Dhahiriya town near al-Khalil. Haj Shaniur was arrested on November 21, 2012 and is held at Negev desert […]

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Abu Hamdeyya (suffering from cancer) falls unconscious at Eishel jail

Al Qassam Brigades Website | 30-03-2013,07:44 AL-KHALIL – The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in the al-Khalil district said that captive Maysarah Abu Hamdeyya on Thursday fell unconscious at Eishel jail in Beersheba and lost all ability to move as he suffers from cancer. According to PPS sources a state of unrest prevails amongst the Palestinian […]

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Hamas: Israel executing cancer inflicted Abu Hamdiya in jail

[ PIC 23/03/2013 – 09:07 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement denounced the Israeli occupation authorities for retaining prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya in jail despite developing cancer. Hamas said in a statement on Friday that the IOA insistence on retaining Abu Hamdiya behind bars despite his rapidly deteriorating condition meant it was torturing and assassinating […]

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The launch of a project to serve heart patients in Gaza

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 08:58 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Qatari Red Crescent, in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, is scheduled to launch a project of equipping cardiac surgery sections in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital with advanced medical equipment. Engineer Rif’at Diab, an advisor at the Islamic Development Bank in Gaza, said in a […]

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Israel refuses to transfer Abdul-Jabbar Jarar in need of emergency surgery to hospital

[ PIC 24/12/2012 – 08:15 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) refused to transfer the prisoner leader in Hamas movement, Sheikh Abdul-Jabbar Jarar, 46, to the hospital, despite the doctors’ recommendations that he needs an emergency surgery. The wife of the captive Jarar said that her husband suffers from chronic heart disease, […]

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OIC warns of crisis in Gaza due to shortage of medicines

[ PIC 22/12/2012 – 04:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has warned of the collapse of Gaza’s health sector which continues to suffer shortages of two-thirds of medicines in hospitals and medical centers in the Strip. The Organization said, in its monthly report monitoring the humanitarian situation in the Gaza […]

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Medical Neglect: Prisoner Haitham Salhab suffers from his Eyes

Al Qassam Website 08-11-2012,09:55 Al Qassam website (Agencies) – Al-Tadamon Foundation for Human Rights reported that Palestinian prisoner Haitham Salhab from Shuafat town in Jerusalem District may lose his ability to see due to medical neglect in the Israeli prisons. Ahamad Baitawy, the researcher in Al-Tadamon Foundation said after his visit to the prison that […]

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Prisoner Monadel Abdul Sharqawi Health Deteriorating in Megiddo Prison

Al Qassam Website 04-11-2012,09:04 Al Qassam website (Agencies) – Prisoners in Megiddo prison call for an urgent appeal for the release of captive Monadel Abdul Sharqawi from “Zababdeh” town near Jenin sentenced to 46 months in prison due for the deterioration of his health. A report issued by the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs, on Saturday, […]

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PCHR: Closure of Beit Hanoun crossing threatens lives of patients in Gaza

[ PIC 25/10/2012 – 07:42 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) warned against the closure of Beit Hanoun crossing (Erez) located in the northern Gaza Strip, threatening the lives of hundreds of patients who are supposed to leave the strip for necessary treatment. PCHR condemned the targeting of the Palestinian […]

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Sharp deterioration of the prisoner Sharqawi’s health

[ PIC 04/10/2012 – 09:09 AM ] JININ, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner Sharqawi, 23, sentenced to four years in Israeli jails, suffers from sharp deterioration in his health where he has liver and kidney failure. His family said that her son, who is detained in the Megiddo prison, is suffering from a serious deterioration in […]

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