'Two weeks after her death I got a call': Gaza patients face agonising delays for evacuation
She knew there was no treatment in Gaza, so she was happy and excited," he told the BBC.Amina was suffering from an aggressive necrotising infection that had spread to her skull. Doctors in Gaza told her they did not have the medicines or the therapies to treat it.Saber said the pain was unbearable."My mother couldn't sleep day or night; she stayed awake, crying out from the pain. And we also knew that at any moment a miracle might happen, that we might get a call saying, 'Get your bags ready and prepare to travel through the crossing,'" Saber told the BBC."We waited a long time, but no response came.
- ▪She knew there was no treatment in Gaza, so she was happy and excited," he told the BBC.Amina was suffering from an aggressive necrotising infection that had spread to her skull.
- ▪Doctors in Gaza told her they did not have the medicines or the therapies to treat it.Saber said the pain was unbearable."My mother couldn't sleep day or night; she stayed awake, crying out from the pain.
- ▪And we also knew that at any moment a miracle might happen, that we might get a call saying, 'Get your bags ready and prepare to travel through the crossing,'" Saber told the BBC."We waited a long time, but no response came.
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'Two weeks after her death I got a call': Gaza patients face agonising delays for evacuationImage caption, Saber Abu al-Kas's mother Amina died last month while waiting for medical evacuation from GazaByLucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Reporting fromJerusalemPublished22 minutes agoWhen Gaza's medical board approved Amina Abu al-Kas to leave the Strip for treatment abroad, her son Saber said it felt like the beginning of a new life."It brought life back into her. She knew there was no treatment in Gaza, so she was happy and excited," he told the BBC.Amina was suffering from an aggressive necrotising infection that had spread to her skull.
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