Published : 11-08-2018
Palestinian refugee from Syria Hassan Fantaziya, who fled to Lebanon, appealed to the concerned institutions to rally around his 17-year-old daughter, Rama, diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. It is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. Elephantiasis is marked by severe swelling in the arms, legs, breasts, or genitals. The skin may become thicker as well, and the condition may become painful. The changes to the body have the potential to harm the person's social and economic situation. The worms are spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes.
Activists quoted the father as stating that a surgery to remove the parasitic worms costs up to $10,000 and follow-up therapy is worth $5,000, a sum that far outlives the father’s capacity to shell it out.
Sheltered in Burj AlBarajnah refugee camp, in Beirut, the father slammed the UNRWA and the human rights institutions for turning their back on his family’s appeals for help.
Palestinian refugee from Syria Hassan Fantaziya, who fled to Lebanon, appealed to the concerned institutions to rally around his 17-year-old daughter, Rama, diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. It is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. Elephantiasis is marked by severe swelling in the arms, legs, breasts, or genitals. The skin may become thicker as well, and the condition may become painful. The changes to the body have the potential to harm the person's social and economic situation. The worms are spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes.
Activists quoted the father as stating that a surgery to remove the parasitic worms costs up to $10,000 and follow-up therapy is worth $5,000, a sum that far outlives the father’s capacity to shell it out.
Sheltered in Burj AlBarajnah refugee camp, in Beirut, the father slammed the UNRWA and the human rights institutions for turning their back on his family’s appeals for help.
