Children’s lives are at risk

 A nine-year-old child suffers from Hemophilia since he was a year old. His parents have been following-up his case with a doctor in Gaza, and he has been taking medicines for his illness for so long. His father said sadly:

“since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip and the full lockdown imposed on Monday 24 August 2020, my son has not taken his medicine. I took him to Abu Youssif Al Najjar Hospital in Rafah, Nasser and the Red Crescent Hospitals in Khan Younis but no one provided us with the medicine. My son’s life is threatened if he did not take his medicine.”

 

The risk increases under the spread of Coronavirus pandemic which mainly endanger people with chronic diseases and patients with weakened immune system, in addition to thousands of other cases who are in need of treatment but cannot have it due to the chronic lack of medicines in the Gaza Strip.