Published : 02-10-2018
The mother of the Palestinian child from Syria in Lebanon Hasan Ahmad AlMaghrebi, aged six years-old, appealed to the human rights institutions, namely the Red Crescent and Red Cross organizations, along with the Palestine Liberation organization and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, to urgently intervene and work on raising funds needed to treat her cancer-stricken child.
Hasan, who was displaced with his family from Yarmouk Camp in Syria to Ein AlHilweh, south of Lebanon, has been diagnosed with a life-threatening gastric tumor.
The mother said she rushed him to the Hamshari Hospital following a sudden fever leap and excruciating stomach pains. Medics said an urgent surgery should be carried out to remove the gastric tumor from his vulnerable body.
However, soon after, the mother took her child out of the hospital after she failed to secure treatment fees. A few days later, his health condition had taken a turn for the worse and he got hospitalized again for nine days.
The mother transferred her child to Hamoud Hospital after medics at AlHamshari asked her to consult a specialist in blood diseases. The Hamoud hospital administration required a sum of $266 as an insurance pending the transfer of cash aid by UNRWA. Three days later, the administration told her that treatment costs have reached $966 and ordered her to either pay the sum or take her son elsewhere.
UNRWA pledged to shell out 1.5 million Lebanese Pounds, leaving the mother with a deficiency of at least 1 million Lebanese Pounds.
Results of medical checks coming out a few days later proved that her son has been gripped with life-threatening stomach and blood cancers and that he suffers a sharp red cell loss.
Sometime later, the child was admitted at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, where admins estimated therapy costs at up to $35,000 and asked the mother to reach out to UNRWA to find out about the sum to be covered by the agency. However, the hospital administration refused to admit the child after UNRWA declined appeals to shell out hospitalization charges.
The mother of the Palestinian child from Syria in Lebanon Hasan Ahmad AlMaghrebi, aged six years-old, appealed to the human rights institutions, namely the Red Crescent and Red Cross organizations, along with the Palestine Liberation organization and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, to urgently intervene and work on raising funds needed to treat her cancer-stricken child.
Hasan, who was displaced with his family from Yarmouk Camp in Syria to Ein AlHilweh, south of Lebanon, has been diagnosed with a life-threatening gastric tumor.
The mother said she rushed him to the Hamshari Hospital following a sudden fever leap and excruciating stomach pains. Medics said an urgent surgery should be carried out to remove the gastric tumor from his vulnerable body.
However, soon after, the mother took her child out of the hospital after she failed to secure treatment fees. A few days later, his health condition had taken a turn for the worse and he got hospitalized again for nine days.
The mother transferred her child to Hamoud Hospital after medics at AlHamshari asked her to consult a specialist in blood diseases. The Hamoud hospital administration required a sum of $266 as an insurance pending the transfer of cash aid by UNRWA. Three days later, the administration told her that treatment costs have reached $966 and ordered her to either pay the sum or take her son elsewhere.
UNRWA pledged to shell out 1.5 million Lebanese Pounds, leaving the mother with a deficiency of at least 1 million Lebanese Pounds.
Results of medical checks coming out a few days later proved that her son has been gripped with life-threatening stomach and blood cancers and that he suffers a sharp red cell loss.
Sometime later, the child was admitted at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, where admins estimated therapy costs at up to $35,000 and asked the mother to reach out to UNRWA to find out about the sum to be covered by the agency. However, the hospital administration refused to admit the child after UNRWA declined appeals to shell out hospitalization charges.
