PCHR: Gaza leukemia patients without medicine for 11 months

Ma’an News Agency |  Tuesday 19/11/2013 (updated) 21/11/2013 09:30 Cancer patients and supporters protest the siege of Gaza. (MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Leukemia patients in the Gaza Strip have been without medicine for more than 11 months leaving them in grave danger of complications and death, according to a report released Sunday by the Palestinian […]

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VIDEO | Gazan patients face “endless” suffering due to Israeli blockade | @MSF_USA @ICRC @UN

Published on Oct 27, 2013 Officials in the Gaza Strip say hundreds of patients are at risk of dying due to the Israeli blockade that has been imposed on the besieged enclave for years. Chronic patients fear the worst is still to come amid an international inaction to bring an end to their sufferings. Press […]

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Hundreds of Gazan kidney patients face death

[ PIC 26/10/2013 – 03:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza Strip warned on Saturday that hundreds of kidney failure patients were in danger of death due to the acute shortage in medicines and other consumables used in the dialysis process. For his part, director of kidney department in the Shifa […]

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Egypt prevents thousands of Gazan’s medical treatment

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 26, 2013   Gaza, ALRAY – 1000 patients suffering from critical diseases deprived of entering Egypt to receive urgent treatment in specialized Egyptian hospitals due to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, According to Al Mezan Center for Human Rights. The center said in a statement on Wednesday the […]

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Israel uses Beit Hanoun crossing as a trap for Gaza patients

[ PIC 12/09/2013 – 10:15 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of interior in Gaza said that the Israeli-controlled Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, north of Gaza, turned into a trap for the detention of Palestinian patients who seek medical treatment in the hospitals of the 1948 occupied lands. The ministry’s human rights department stated […]

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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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Mizan center slams Israel’s kidnapping of patients at Beit Hanoun crossing

[ PIC 25/07/2013 – 09:33 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Al-Mizan center for human rights strongly denounced Israel’s persistence in kidnapping Gazan patients and their relatives who found themselves forced to travel through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. Al-Mizan center stated in a report on Wednesday that the kidnapping of patients at Beit Hanoun crossing violates Israel’s […]

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1700 patient prisoners risk death in Israeli jails

[ PIC 15/07/2013 – 01:37 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian patient prisoners in Israeli jails suffer deliberate Israeli medical negligence and lack of medical care where they risk death at any moment. Riad al-Ashqar, prisoners’ ministry media director, stated that the number of patient prisoners has escalated in Israeli jails due to the Israeli medical […]

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Health ministry: 360 patients at risk due to the closure of the Rafah crossing

[ PIC 11/07/2013 – 01:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza warned that the lives of 360 patients who has been prescribed medical treatment in hospitals outside the Gaza Strip are at risk as a result of the closure of the Rafah border crossing. In a press release on Thursday, the […]

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Masada unit violently raids section of jailed patients in Ramla infirmary

[ PIC 08/07/2013 – 11:38 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoners’ center for studies said that Israeli jail forces from Masada unit raided and ransacked last Friday the section of patients in the Ramla prison infirmary. Senior official of the center Riyadh Al-Ashqar stated in a press release on Sunday that the Masada unit […]

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VIDEO | Gaza health sector hard hit by Egypt’s security clampdown ~ by @PressTV

Related: Israel Kills by Infringement of Health Care – The Facts Published on Jul 3, 2013 Egyptian authorities have tightened security along the Gaza border amid ongoing unrest in Egypt. The measure, however, has made the life of about 1.7 million Gazans miserable. They have been suffering the consequences with shortages of fuel and other […]

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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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Ashkelon prison witnesses tension: Sick prisoners amid deliberate medical neglect increasing | @ICRC @Amnesty

[ PIC 19/06/2013 – 09:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that a state of extreme tension is prevailing among the prisoners in the Israeli detention center of Ashkelon, due to the continued abuses against them. Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement on Wednesday that the Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon […]

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Patient prisoners to declare hunger strike

[ PIC 31/05/2013 – 12:25 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A group of Palestinian patient prisoners in Israeli jails have declared their intention to go on hunger strike next Saturday protesting the Israeli deliberate medical negligence. Palestine center for prisoners studies confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday that 7 Palestinian patient prisoners held in Nafha […]

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Ministry of prisoners: 4,750 detainees in Israeli jails, including 198 kids

[ PIC 02/02/2013 – 01:01 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs said the number of prisoners detained in Israeli jails rose at the end of January to 4,750 detainees, including 198 minors and children. According to a report released by its statistics department, the majority of the prisoners, 82.5 percent, are […]

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