The figures PHRI has collected show that more than half the applications filed in 2018 by parents to accompany their minor children for medical treatment were rejected. Although there has been a significant increase in the number of approved applications in 2019, over the past year too, about a fifth of the children who left Gaza for medical treatment, went without their parents.
While there is recognition in Israel that parental presence during a child’s medical treatment is important for the child’s recovery, when it comes to Palestinian children, things are not so. This policy hurts the children’s recovery prospects and forces them to live through the most difficult and painful moments without a parent to reassure them and give them hope, emotional support and attention. The children often do not speak the language and have difficulties communicating with the medical staff, which increases the uncertainty, anxiety and fear that are already part of this situation.
Full Report
https://www.phr.org.il/en/forced-separation-new-position-paper-november-2019/
EI: Gaza children forced to have medical treatment alone
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/gaza-children-forced-have-medical-treatment-alone
PCHR Report: Treatment Denied - Israeli Policy of Denying Patients Treatment Abroad, Claiming Treatment is Available in the Gaza Strip or is only for “Improving Quality of Life” and not for “Life-Saving”
https://pchrgaza.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Report-Treatment-Denied-20-Sep-2018.pdf
Médecins du Monde: The Labyrinths to Health in Gaza
https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/actualites/publications/2019/12/12/labyrinths-health-gaza
Gaza strip: early warning indicators - October 2019
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-strip-early-warning-indicators-october-2019
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