6 mar 2017
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charged Israeli occupation authorities with hindering assistance to wounded Palestinians.
Israeli forces usually wait for 47 minutes on average before calling ambulances for the injured which puts their lives at real risk due to bleeding for a long time, it pointed out.
Moshe Steinmetz, Correspondent of the Walla Israeli news website, said that the report of the PHR listed eight cases of wounded Palestinians who were shot by Israeli soldiers, mostly in Qalandiya refugee camp near Occupied Jerusalem and two in the West Bank cities of al-Bireh and Bethlehem.
The report quoted the Palestinian emergency units as saying that Israeli forces hinder the arrival of their crews to the wounded. They do not allow available Palestinian medics to succor the injured. They wait, instead, for Israeli ambulances to reach the incidents scenes, it highlighted.
The report quoted lawyer Mohammad Abu Arisheh, the PHR official in 1948 Occupied Palestine, as calling Israeli policy a racist and violent in dealing with Palestinian medics and causing great harm to the health of the Palestinians wounded.
Israeli forces usually wait for 47 minutes on average before calling ambulances for the injured which puts their lives at real risk due to bleeding for a long time, it pointed out.
Moshe Steinmetz, Correspondent of the Walla Israeli news website, said that the report of the PHR listed eight cases of wounded Palestinians who were shot by Israeli soldiers, mostly in Qalandiya refugee camp near Occupied Jerusalem and two in the West Bank cities of al-Bireh and Bethlehem.
The report quoted the Palestinian emergency units as saying that Israeli forces hinder the arrival of their crews to the wounded. They do not allow available Palestinian medics to succor the injured. They wait, instead, for Israeli ambulances to reach the incidents scenes, it highlighted.
The report quoted lawyer Mohammad Abu Arisheh, the PHR official in 1948 Occupied Palestine, as calling Israeli policy a racist and violent in dealing with Palestinian medics and causing great harm to the health of the Palestinians wounded.
3 mar 2017
Dr. Abdul Qader Hammad, the head of the British medical delegation specialized in kidney transplants, said that the Gaza Strip will soon witness the opening of the best Arab specialist center in the field of kidney transplant.
In a press statement on Thursday, Hammad pointed to a sustainable project, which has been under study for years to end the suffering of the kidney failure patients in Gaza, saying that modern equipment similar to those of the developed countries had arrived in the Gaza Strip recently.
He added that the next step will be training a number of local technical crews at Royal Liverpool Hospital in the United Kingdom on using and running the new equipment.
He emphasized that kidney transplant operations in Gaza are almost normal now thanks to the high skills the Palestinian physicians and surgeons have acquired from their counterparts in the delegation.
The head of the medical delegation stated that all the 13 kidney transplants that were carried out in the past period achieved high rates of success up to 92% which are comparable to the world's highest rates in this field.
He noted that what distinguishes kidney transplant operations in the Gaza Strip is that they are performed following the best surgical methods in the world where the kidney is transferred from the body of the donor using the endoscope, and this is the safest way in terms of medical complications.
The medical delegation, headed by Dr. Abdul Qader Hammad, the head of the organ transplant unit at Royal Liverpool Hospital, conducted on Wednesday the second successful kidney transplant in partnership with Palestinian doctors.
Hammad is expected to carry out 4 kidney transplants during his visit to Gaza in cooperation with Palestinian surgeons and local nursing and anesthesia crews.
In a press statement on Thursday, Hammad pointed to a sustainable project, which has been under study for years to end the suffering of the kidney failure patients in Gaza, saying that modern equipment similar to those of the developed countries had arrived in the Gaza Strip recently.
He added that the next step will be training a number of local technical crews at Royal Liverpool Hospital in the United Kingdom on using and running the new equipment.
He emphasized that kidney transplant operations in Gaza are almost normal now thanks to the high skills the Palestinian physicians and surgeons have acquired from their counterparts in the delegation.
The head of the medical delegation stated that all the 13 kidney transplants that were carried out in the past period achieved high rates of success up to 92% which are comparable to the world's highest rates in this field.
He noted that what distinguishes kidney transplant operations in the Gaza Strip is that they are performed following the best surgical methods in the world where the kidney is transferred from the body of the donor using the endoscope, and this is the safest way in terms of medical complications.
The medical delegation, headed by Dr. Abdul Qader Hammad, the head of the organ transplant unit at Royal Liverpool Hospital, conducted on Wednesday the second successful kidney transplant in partnership with Palestinian doctors.
Hammad is expected to carry out 4 kidney transplants during his visit to Gaza in cooperation with Palestinian surgeons and local nursing and anesthesia crews.
27 feb 2017
Many armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday at dawn, the town of Jaba’, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths, before firing dozens of gas bombs at them, and homes, causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded a pharmacy in the town, and violently searched it, leading to clashes.
The soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and live rounds, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and held many cars, and interrogated several Palestinians, in addition to confiscating the ID cards of two siblings, identified as Mahmoud Hammour, and his brother Morad, and summoned them for interrogation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded, overnight until early morning hours, many Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, searched dozens of homes and abducted 21 Palestinians, including a woman who is also a former political prisoner, from Hebron.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers invaded a pharmacy in the town, and violently searched it, leading to clashes.
The soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and live rounds, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
In addition, the soldiers stopped and held many cars, and interrogated several Palestinians, in addition to confiscating the ID cards of two siblings, identified as Mahmoud Hammour, and his brother Morad, and summoned them for interrogation.
In related news, the soldiers invaded, overnight until early morning hours, many Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, searched dozens of homes and abducted 21 Palestinians, including a woman who is also a former political prisoner, from Hebron.
24 feb 2017
The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence, started recently to ask Gaza patients who need to enter the occupied Palestinian territories for medical treatment to hand over their cellphones during their interviews as a condition for allowing them in.
Two cancer patients from Gaza said Shin Bet officers asked them to return to Gaza after they said they had no cellphones and later after that they received notices confirming their requests for travel were rejected.
Physicians for Human Rights said that it was able to gather testimonies from several patients affirming that the Israeli army and the Shin Bet asked for cellphones to be handed in order to use them for intelligence-related purposes.
The human rights group accused Israel of exploiting the suffering of Gaza patients many times before, saying it was not the first time the Shin Bet tried to gather intelligence from cellphones of patients in exchange for medical treatment.
Two cancer patients from Gaza said Shin Bet officers asked them to return to Gaza after they said they had no cellphones and later after that they received notices confirming their requests for travel were rejected.
Physicians for Human Rights said that it was able to gather testimonies from several patients affirming that the Israeli army and the Shin Bet asked for cellphones to be handed in order to use them for intelligence-related purposes.
The human rights group accused Israel of exploiting the suffering of Gaza patients many times before, saying it was not the first time the Shin Bet tried to gather intelligence from cellphones of patients in exchange for medical treatment.
16 feb 2017
The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that children with cancer represent 7.8% of all cancer cases registered in Palestine, adding that the rate of cancer in Palestine reached 83.8 new cases per 100,000 persons.
MOH said in a press conference on the International Childhood Cancer Day on Wednesday (15/2/2017) that 59.3% of cancer cases were reported among male children, and the rest were among females.
Third of them are under the age of five
Dr. Jawad al-Bitar, Head of the Information Center at the Ministry of Health, said that 31.7% of the cancer cases in Palestine are among children under the age of five.
Leukemia is ranked first with a rate of 30.2% followed by brain and nervous system cancer with a rate of 18.5% of the total cancer cases registered in Palestine, he added.
The Ministry of Health pointed out that the lymphoma cancer comes in third with a rate of 7.4%. Multiple myeloma cancer comes in fourth by 5.8% followed by lymph nodes cancer with a rate of 4.2% of the total cancer cases registered by the children in Palestine.
These five types of cancer represent about two-thirds of the cancer cases recorded among children in Palestine, with a rate of 66.1%.
Different types of cancer were reported as well such as lymphoma cancer, Wilms tumor, intraocular melanoma, endocrine cancer, bone cancer and liver cancer in addition to rare cases of other types of cancer.
Al-Bitar pointed out that the mortality rate among children with cancer compared with all cancer cases in Palestine reached 3.8% while the rate of children who died because of cancer under the age of five reached 26.8%.
Brain Cancer
The Ministry of Health said that brain cancer is ranked as the first of cancers leading to death among Palestinian children with a rate of 43.9% of all cancer deaths among children in Palestine. Leukemia, meanwhile, is ranked the second with a rate of 26.8% in which these two types of cancer form 70.7% of cancer deaths among children in Palestine.
Huda al-Masri section, a beam of hope
Dr. Jawwad Awad, Minister of Health in the West Bank, said that Huda al-Masri section was opened in Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala to stress the importance of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the world's most advanced techniques in this field, which form a major glimmer of hope for the diagnosis and treatment of Palestinian children who have cancer.
Palestine Children Relief Association has opened the first department dedicated to children cancer patients in Palestine, and in 2013 it was formally opened by the Palestinian Authority. The section aims at providing the necessary and specialized care for children cancer patients from all over Palestine, where the medical staff work to save their lives and relieve them from their pain, Awad added.
Huda al-Masri section is considered to be the heart of Khaled Al-Hassan Cancer Treatment Center, adding that the medical staff is highly qualified which will gain for Khaled Al-Hassan center huge success.
Pediatric Oncology department in Gaza project
Awad searched with Dr. Steve Soesbe, Palestine Children Relief Association head, new ways to run pediatric oncology and hematology departments at Nasser pediatric hospital with a financial cost of 10 million dollars.
This project will help our children who suffer from tumors from the ages of one to 12, according to Dr. Awad.
An international day
February 15th marks the International Childhood Cancer Day, which aims at raising public awareness about childhood cancer, expressing support for children and teenagers with cancer and working to increase appreciation and understanding regarding the issue of challenges related to childhood cancer. Most importantly, this day aims at improving access to cancer treatment and medical care especially that around 80,000 children die every year because of cancer around the world.
A report recently released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that the children's cancer percentage might be much higher than previously thought. The report is based on more than a hundred cancer registries in 68 countries from 2001 to 2010 in which it indicates that 300,000 juveniles under the age of 18 were diagnosed with cancer.
Furthermore, statistics for the World Health Organization indicate that 80% of children with cancer live in developing countries.
MOH said in a press conference on the International Childhood Cancer Day on Wednesday (15/2/2017) that 59.3% of cancer cases were reported among male children, and the rest were among females.
Third of them are under the age of five
Dr. Jawad al-Bitar, Head of the Information Center at the Ministry of Health, said that 31.7% of the cancer cases in Palestine are among children under the age of five.
Leukemia is ranked first with a rate of 30.2% followed by brain and nervous system cancer with a rate of 18.5% of the total cancer cases registered in Palestine, he added.
The Ministry of Health pointed out that the lymphoma cancer comes in third with a rate of 7.4%. Multiple myeloma cancer comes in fourth by 5.8% followed by lymph nodes cancer with a rate of 4.2% of the total cancer cases registered by the children in Palestine.
These five types of cancer represent about two-thirds of the cancer cases recorded among children in Palestine, with a rate of 66.1%.
Different types of cancer were reported as well such as lymphoma cancer, Wilms tumor, intraocular melanoma, endocrine cancer, bone cancer and liver cancer in addition to rare cases of other types of cancer.
Al-Bitar pointed out that the mortality rate among children with cancer compared with all cancer cases in Palestine reached 3.8% while the rate of children who died because of cancer under the age of five reached 26.8%.
Brain Cancer
The Ministry of Health said that brain cancer is ranked as the first of cancers leading to death among Palestinian children with a rate of 43.9% of all cancer deaths among children in Palestine. Leukemia, meanwhile, is ranked the second with a rate of 26.8% in which these two types of cancer form 70.7% of cancer deaths among children in Palestine.
Huda al-Masri section, a beam of hope
Dr. Jawwad Awad, Minister of Health in the West Bank, said that Huda al-Masri section was opened in Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala to stress the importance of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the world's most advanced techniques in this field, which form a major glimmer of hope for the diagnosis and treatment of Palestinian children who have cancer.
Palestine Children Relief Association has opened the first department dedicated to children cancer patients in Palestine, and in 2013 it was formally opened by the Palestinian Authority. The section aims at providing the necessary and specialized care for children cancer patients from all over Palestine, where the medical staff work to save their lives and relieve them from their pain, Awad added.
Huda al-Masri section is considered to be the heart of Khaled Al-Hassan Cancer Treatment Center, adding that the medical staff is highly qualified which will gain for Khaled Al-Hassan center huge success.
Pediatric Oncology department in Gaza project
Awad searched with Dr. Steve Soesbe, Palestine Children Relief Association head, new ways to run pediatric oncology and hematology departments at Nasser pediatric hospital with a financial cost of 10 million dollars.
This project will help our children who suffer from tumors from the ages of one to 12, according to Dr. Awad.
An international day
February 15th marks the International Childhood Cancer Day, which aims at raising public awareness about childhood cancer, expressing support for children and teenagers with cancer and working to increase appreciation and understanding regarding the issue of challenges related to childhood cancer. Most importantly, this day aims at improving access to cancer treatment and medical care especially that around 80,000 children die every year because of cancer around the world.
A report recently released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that the children's cancer percentage might be much higher than previously thought. The report is based on more than a hundred cancer registries in 68 countries from 2001 to 2010 in which it indicates that 300,000 juveniles under the age of 18 were diagnosed with cancer.
Furthermore, statistics for the World Health Organization indicate that 80% of children with cancer live in developing countries.
15 feb 2017
Ambassador Mohamed al-Emadi, head of the Qatari committee for the reconstruction of Gaza, inaugurated on Tuesday the department of audiology at the Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for rehabilitation and prosthetics in Gaza City.
During the opening ceremony, Emadi reiterated his country’s keenness on providing every help possible for the population in Gaza through carrying out development and relief projects.
The ambassador added that the audiology department would work on rehabilitating the children with hearing problems who underwent cochlear implant operations.
He affirmed that the Sheikh Hamad Hospital is the first medical institution for rehabilitation and prosthetics in Palestine, pointing out that Qatar provided about 16 million dollars to establish this great edifice.
During the opening ceremony, Emadi reiterated his country’s keenness on providing every help possible for the population in Gaza through carrying out development and relief projects.
The ambassador added that the audiology department would work on rehabilitating the children with hearing problems who underwent cochlear implant operations.
He affirmed that the Sheikh Hamad Hospital is the first medical institution for rehabilitation and prosthetics in Palestine, pointing out that Qatar provided about 16 million dollars to establish this great edifice.